Constructing the search for a job in academia from the perspectives of self-regulated learning strategies and social cognitive career theory

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 574-589

  Wang, Chuang ^a   Lo, Ya yu ^a   Xu, Yaoying ^b   Wang, Yan ^c   Porfeli, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Milwaukee Area Technical College   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoethnography; Job search; Self regulated learning strategies; Social cognitive career theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248332183     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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