Career Indecision Versus Indecisiveness: Associations With Personality Traits and Emotional Intelligence

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 42-56

  Di Fabio, Annamaria ^a   Palazzeschi, Letizia ^a   Asulin Peretz, Lisa ^b   Gati, Itamar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

career decision making difficulties; career decision making self efficacy; career indecision; emotional intelligence; indecisiveness; perceived social support; personality traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873687684     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072712454698     Document Type: Article

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