Career Adapt-Abilities Scale-South African Form: Psychometric properties and construct validity

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 730-733

  Maree, Jacobus Gideon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Career adapt abilities; Career adapt abilities scale; Construct validity; Psychometric properties; South africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860683954     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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