Vocational interests and Big Five traits as predictors of job instability

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 547-558

  Wille, Bart ^a   De Fruyt, Filip ^a   Feys, Marjolein ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Big Five traits; Career mobility; Extra organizational mobility; Inter organizational mobility; Job change; Job instability; RIASEC interests

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951022663     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2010.01.007     Document Type: Article

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