Occupational specialty congruence: New data and future directions

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 67, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 21-34

  Meir, Elchanan I ^a   Melamed, Samuel ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Occupational Health and Rehabilitation Institute Israel   (Israel)

Author keywords

Congruence; Contact with people; Holland's theory; Occupational specialty congruence; Satisfaction; Skill utilization; Software; Specialty congruence; Within occupational congruence

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644474882     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2004.05.007     Document Type: Article

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