Callings in career: A typological approach to essential and optional components

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-73

  Hirschi, Andreas ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Career calling; Core self evaluations; Vocational identity; Work centrality; Work values

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958064061     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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