Enriching careers and lives: Introducing a positive, holistic, and narrative Career counseling method that bridges theory and practice

Journal of Employment Counseling

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 180-189

  Zikic, Jelena ^a   Franklin, Mark ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CareerCycles   (Canada)

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EID: 78650631574     PISSN: 00220787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2010.tb00102.x     Document Type: Article

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