Proactive motivation and engagement in career behaviors: Investigating direct, mediated, and moderated effects

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-40

  Hirschi, Andreas ^a,d   Lee, Bora ^b   Porfeli, Erik J ^c   Vondracek, Fred W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career counseling; Career engagement; Career management; Motivation; Proactivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877154360     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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