Predictors of job search behavior among employed and unemployed people

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-59

  Van Hooft, Edwin A J ^a   Born, Marke Ph ^a   Taris, Toon W ^b   Der Flier, Henk Van ^a   Blonk, Roland W B ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

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EID: 1842733119     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2004.tb02483.x     Document Type: Review

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