Career decidedness as a predictor of subjective well-being

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 196-204

  Uthayakumar, Ramya ^a   Schimmack, Ulrich ^a   Hartung, Paul J ^b   Rogers, James R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Big five personality traits; Career decidedness; Career decision making; Career indecision; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956404989     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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