A transactional approach to person-environment fit: Reciprocal relations between personality development and career role growth across young to middle adulthood

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 307-321

  Wille, Bart ^a   Beyers, Wim ^a   De Fruyt, Filip ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Career development; Career identity; Career roles; Longitudinal; Person environment transactions; Personality development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870479970     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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