General Job Satisfaction from a Developmental Perspective: Exploring Choice-Job Matches at Two Career Stages

Career Development Quarterly

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 162-179

  Jepsen, David A ^a   Sheu, Hung Bin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 1542608539     PISSN: 08894019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-0045.2003.tb00636.x     Document Type: Review

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