Training career adaptability to facilitate a successful school-to-work transition

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 395-408

  Koen, Jessie ^a   Klehe, Ute Christine ^b   Van Vianen, Annelies E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Career adaptability; Employment quality; Job search; School to work; Training; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870569585     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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