A longitudinal person-centred view on perceived employability: The role of job insecurity

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 490-503

  Mäkikangas, Anne ^a   De Cuyper, Nele ^b   Mauno, Saija ^a   Kinnunen, Ulla ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Job insecurity; Longitudinal; Perceived employability; Person centred approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882277518     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2012.665230     Document Type: Article

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