Socioprofessional and psychological variables that predict job finding

Revue europeenne de psychologie appliquee

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 201-219

  Meyers, R ^a   Houssemand, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Employment; Profiling; Reemployment; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954541509     PISSN: 11629088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erap.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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