The construction and initial validation of the Work Volition Scale

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 400-411

  Duffy, Ryan D ^a   Diemer, Matthew A ^b   Perry, Justin C ^c   Laurenzi, Cathy ^a   Torrey, Carrie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career choice; Instrument development; Locus of control; Work volition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857794765     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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