Perceived career compromise, affect and work-related satisfaction in college students

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-194

  Tsaousides, Theodore ^a   Jome, LaRae ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Career aspiration; Career choice; Career compromise; Career development; Gottfredson; Job satisfaction; Negative affect; Positive affect; Self discrepancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 52049087334     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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