Career self-efficacy and personality: Linking career confidence and the healthy personality

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-43

  Borgen, Fred H ^a   Betz, Nancy E ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bandura's self efficacy theory; Career confidence; Career self efficacy; Healthy personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649019276     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072707305770     Document Type: Article

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