Career Adapt-Abilities Scale-USA Form: Psychometric properties and relation to vocational identity

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 748-753

  Porfeli, Erik J ^a   Savickas, Mark L ^a  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career adaptability; Career development; Occupational transitions; Vocational identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860650926     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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