Occupational thinking and its relation to school dropout

Journal of Career Development

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 677-691

  Vilhjálmsdóttir, Gudbjörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

differentiation; dropout; integration; occupational thinking; vocational constructs

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751555194     PISSN: 08948453     EISSN: 15560856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894845309357052     Document Type: Article

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