Career adapt-abilities scale - Netherlands form: Psychometric properties and relationships to ability, personality, and regulatory focus

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 716-724

  van Vianen, Annelies E M ^a   Klehe, Ute Christine ^b   Koen, Jessie ^a   Dries, Nicky ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ability; Adaptability; Career; Personality; Regulatory focus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860686669     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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