Exploring types of career orientation: A latent class analysis approach

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 303-318

  Gerber, Marius ^a   Wittekind, Anette ^b   Grote, Gudela ^a   Staffelbach, Bruno ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Hewitt Associates   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Career management; Career orientation; Career types; Latent class analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449732890     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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