Emotional intelligence, personality traits and career decision difficulties

International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-146

  Di Fabio, Annamaria ^a   Palazzeschi, Letizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Career decision; Emotional intelligence; Personality traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449092775     PISSN: 18730388     EISSN: 15731782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10775-009-9162-3     Document Type: Article

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