Job-seeking, adaptation and re-employment experiences of the unemployed: A 3-year follow-up

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 383-394

  Vesalainen, Janne ^a,b   Vuori, Jukka ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Job seeking; Longitudinal; Re employment; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033181442     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1298(199909/10)9:5<383::AID-CASP530>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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