The relations of employability skills to career adaptability among technical school students

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 199-207

  de Guzman, Allan B ^a   Choi, Kyoung Ok ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS   (Philippines)

^b Caritas Sisters of Jesus ^*  (South Korea)

Author keywords

Canonical correlation analysis (CCA); Career adaptability; Employability skills; Papua New Guinea (PNG)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875057351     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2013.01.009     Document Type: Article

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