Chance events in career development: Influence, control and multiplicity

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-25

  Bright, Jim E H ^a   Pryor, Robert G L ^a   Chan, Eva Wing Man ^b   Rijanto, Jeniyanti ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Career decision making; Career theory; Chance events; Chaos Theory of Careers; Complexity theory; Serendipity; Unplanned events

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349225651     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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