Job loss as a blessing in disguise: The role of career exploration and career planning in predicting reemployment quality

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 391-409

  Zikic, Jelena ^a   Klehe, Ute Christine ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Career exploration; Career planning; Job loss; Job search; Reemployment quality; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750714379     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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