Employability among the long-term unemployed: A futile quest or worth the effort?

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-48

  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

Employability; Job search; Long term unemployment; Reemployment; Reemployment interventions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873566407     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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