The relationship between learning environment and career competencies of students in vocational education

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-30

  Kuijpers, M ^a   Meijers, F ^a   Gundy, C ^a  

^a THE HAGUE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Career competencies; Career development; Career guidance; Learning environment; Vocational education

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649855094     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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