The role of narrative in career construction theory

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 334-339

  Del Corso, Jennifer ^a   Rehfuss, Mark C ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REGENT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career construction; Career development; Career story; Career theory; Narrative

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051769232     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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