Predictors of student and career decision-making self-efficacy among nontraditional college women

Career Development Quarterly

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 323-339

  Quimby, Julie L ^a   O'Brien, Karen M ^b  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 9344251650     PISSN: 08894019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-0045.2004.tb00949.x     Document Type: Review

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