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The Component Structure of Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy for Underprepared College Students

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    Shari L. Peterson

  2. University of Minnesota, USA

    Robert C. delmas

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Peterson, S.L., delmas, R.C. The Component Structure of Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy for Underprepared College Students. Journal of Career Development 24, 209–225 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025029718715

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