Understanding the factors that promote employability orientation: The impact of employability culture, career satisfaction, and role breadth self-efficacy

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 233-251

  Nauta, Aukje ^a   van Vianen, Annelies ^a   van der Heijden, Beatrice ^b   van Dam, Karen ^c   Willemsen, Marja ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

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EID: 67249149286     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/096317908X320147     Document Type: Article

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