Determinants of graduates' preparatory job search behaviour: A competitive test of proactive personality and expectancy-value theory

Psychologica Belgica

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 251-266

  Claes, Rita ^a,b   De Witte, Hans ^c  

^a Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 0036989482     PISSN: 00332879     EISSN: 2054670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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