Adolescent occupational aspirations: Test of Gottfredson's theory of circumscription and compromise

Career Development Quarterly

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 412-427

  Cochran, Daria B ^b   Wang, Eugene W ^a   Stevenson, Sarah J ^a   Johnson, Leah E ^a   Crews, Charles ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 80855129342     PISSN: 08894019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-0045.2011.tb00968.x     Document Type: Article

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