Personality preferences and career expectations of Finnish business students

Career Development International

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 144-154

  Järlström, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

Author keywords

Career development; Career planning; Myers Briggs type indicator; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986165682     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430010371919     Document Type: Article

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