Coping with an insecure employment environment: The differing roles of protean and boundaryless career orientations

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 308-316

  Briscoe, Jon P ^a   Henagan, Stephanie C ^a   Burton, James P ^a   Murphy, Wendy M ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundaryless career; Career self management; Coping with change; Job security; Protean career; Subjective career success

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857781864     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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