Career adapt-abilities scale - Icelandic form: Psychometric properties and construct validity

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 698-704

  Vilhjálmsdóttir, Gudbjörg ^a   Kjartansdóttir, Gudrún Birna ^a   Smáradóttir, Sigrídur Bríet ^a   Einarsdóttir, Sif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Assessment; Career adaptability; Construct validity; Iceland form career adapt ability scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860678758     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2012.01.013     Document Type: Article

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