Psychological mobility and career success in the 'New' career climate

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 289-297

  Verbruggen, Marijke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Boundaryless careers; Career mobility; New careers; Objective career success; Psychological mobility; Subjective career success

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865799428     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

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