Competency development and career success: The mediating role of employability

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 438-447

  De Vos, Ans ^a   De Hauw, Sara ^b   Van der Heijden, Beatrice I J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Career satisfaction; Employee participation in competency development initiatives; Perceived marketability; Perceived support for competency development; Self perceived employability

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051790401     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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