Promoting emotional intelligence and career decision making among Italian high school students

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-34

  Di Fabio, Annamaria ^a   Kenny, Maureen E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

career decision difficulties; emotional intelligence; indecisiveness; training program

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650710332     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072710382530     Document Type: Article

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