Career Adapt-Abilities Scale: Construction, reliability, and measurement equivalence across 13 countries

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 661-673

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

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career adaptability; Career development; Occupational transitions; Vocational behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860666708     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2012.01.011     Document Type: Article

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