Competencies for the Contemporary Career: Development and Preliminary Validation of the Career Competencies Questionnaire

Journal of Career Development

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 245-267

  Akkermans, Jos ^a   Brenninkmeijer, Veerle ^a   Huibers, Marthe ^a   Blonk, Roland W B ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

career competencies; career development; measurement instrument; validation; young employees

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877298541     PISSN: 08948453     EISSN: 15560856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894845312467501     Document Type: Article

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