Vocational identity trajectories: Differences in personality and development of well-being

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 2-12

  Hirschi, Andreas ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Career development; Personality; Vocational identity; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855670921     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.812     Document Type: Article

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