Age effects on the employability-career success relationship

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 156-164

  Van der Heijden, Beatrice I J M ^a,b,c   de Lange, Annet H ^d   Demerouti, Evangelia ^e   Van der Heijde, Claudia M ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Career success; Employability; Self versus supervisor ratings

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849109188     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2008.12.009     Document Type: Article

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