Dispositional resistance to change and occupational interests and choices

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 312-323

  Oreg, Shaul ^a   Nevo, Ofra ^a   Metzer, Hila ^a   Leder, Naftali ^b   Castro, Dotan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b NEATEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dispositional resistance to change; Occupational choice; Occupational interests

Indexed keywords

EID: 69749089149     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072708330599     Document Type: Article

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