Emerging adults at work and at play: Leisure, work engagement, and career indecision

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 151-164

  Konstam, Varda ^a   Lehmann, Ilana S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

career indecision; emerging adults; engagement; leisure

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954533617     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072710385546     Document Type: Article

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