The Influence of Youth Assets on the Career Decision Self-Efficacy in Unattached Jamaican Youth

Journal of Career Development

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 407-422

  Hayes, DeMarquis ^a   Huey, Erron L ^a   Hull, Darrell M ^a   Saxon, Terrill F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

career decision self efficacy; unattached youth; youth assets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865301618     PISSN: 08948453     EISSN: 15560856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894845310390364     Document Type: Review

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