Validation of an adapted French form of the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale in four Francophone countries

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Johnston, Claire S ^a   Broonen, Jean Paul ^b   Stauffer, Sarah D ^a   Hamtiaux, Armanda ^c   Pouyaud, Jacques ^d   Zecca, Gregory ^a   Houssemand, Claude ^c   Rossier, JérÔme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptability; Career adapt abilities; Measurement invariance; Test adaptation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877123726     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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