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Career Maturity

By: Jane Goodman
In: Encyclopedia of Counseling
Edited by: Frederick T. L. Leong
Subject:General Counseling & Psychotherapy, Counseling Psychology

Career maturity is defined as the degree to which individuals are prepared to make good educational or vocational decisions. It is usually seen as dependent on their knowledge of themselves and of the world of work, their ability to make decisions, ...

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  Goodman, J. (2008). Career maturity. In F. T. Leong (Ed.), Encyclopedia of counseling (Vol. 1, pp. 1492-1492). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: 10.4135/9781412963978.n508
  
  Goodman, Jane. "Career Maturity." In Encyclopedia of Counseling, edited by Frederick T. Leong, 1492. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008. doi: 10.4135/9781412963978.n508.
  
  Goodman, J 2008, 'Career maturity', in Leong, FT (ed.), Encyclopedia of counseling, SAGE Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, pp. 1492, viewed 26 October 2020, doi: 10.4135/9781412963978.n508.
  
  Goodman, Jane. "Career Maturity." Encyclopedia of Counseling. Ed. Frederick T. Leong. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008. 1492. SAGE Knowledge. Web. 26 Oct. 2020, doi: 10.4135/9781412963978.n508.
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