Career Adapt-Abilities Scale-China Form: Construction and initial validation

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 686-691

  Hou, Zhi Jin ^a   Leung, S Alvin ^b   Li, Xixi ^b,c   Li, Xu ^a   Xu, Hui ^a,d  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career adapt ability; Career assessment; Career development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862827536     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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