An examination of strategies for encouraging feedback interest after career assessment

Journal of Career Development

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 250-268

  Anseel, Frederik ^a   Lievens, Filip ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Career assessment; Feedback seeking; Implicit person theory; In basket; Intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846852438     PISSN: 08948453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894845306297208     Document Type: Article

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