Personality and values as predictors of medical specialty choice

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 202-209

  Taber, Brian J ^a   Hartung, Paul J ^b   Borges, Nicole J ^c  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career decision making; Career specialty choice; Medical career development; Personality; Work values

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951876759     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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