First years in job: A three-wave analysis of work experiences

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-115

  Elfering, Achim ^a   Semmer, Norbert K ^a   Tschan, Franziska ^b   Kälin, Wolfgang ^a   Bucher, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

First years in job; Qualitative data analysis; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846331695     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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