Factors of Successful Self-Employment Through Vocational Rehabilitation for Individuals With Disabilities

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 318-335

  Yamamoto, Scott H ^a   Alverson, Charlotte Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

self employment; structural equation modeling; vocational rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961388972     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: 15524590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072714535176     Document Type: Article

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