Vocational interests of intellectually gifted and highly achieving young adults

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 305-328

  Vock, Miriam ^a   Köller, Olaf ^b   Nagy, Gabriel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION   (Germany)

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EID: 84878119854     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: 20448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8279.2011.02063.x     Document Type: Article

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