Career Adapt-Abilities Scale-Italian Form: Psychometric properties and relationships to breadth of interests, quality of life, and perceived barriers

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 705-711

  Soresi, Salvatore ^a   Nota, Laura ^a   Ferrari, Lea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptability; Career; Development; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860677725     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2012.01.020     Document Type: Article

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