Vocational Identity as a Mediator of the Relationship between Core Self-Evaluations and Life and Job Satisfaction

Applied Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 622-644

  Hirschi, Andreas ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 84860413466     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2011.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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