Social Status Identity: Antecedents and Vocational Outcomes

The Counseling Psychologist

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 735-763

  Thompson, Mindi N ^a   Subich, Linda M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

differential status identity; social status; vocational development

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958789952     PISSN: 00110000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011000010389828     Document Type: Article

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