The Narrative Quality of Career Conversations in Vocational Education

Journal of Constructivist Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 115-126

  Winters, Annemie ^a   Meijers, Frans ^b   Harlaar, Mariëtte ^b   Strik, Anneke ^c   Baert, Herman ^a   Kuijpers, Marinka ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b THE HAGUE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c Regional Training Centre for Secondary Vocational Education   (Netherlands)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84875299998     PISSN: 10720537     EISSN: 15210650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10720537.2013.759026     Document Type: Article

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