The cross-cultural generalizability of the theory of planned behavior: A study on job seeking in the Netherlands

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-135

  Van Hooft, Edwin A J ^a   Born, Marise Ph ^a,d,e   Taris, Toon W ^b,f   Van Der Flier, Henk ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d International Test Commission

^e Test Commission

^f International Test Commission ^*

Author keywords

Job search behavior; Theory of planned behavio

Indexed keywords

EID: 32944457685     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022105284491     Document Type: Article

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