Career Decision Making, Stability, and Actualization of Career Intentions: The Case of Entrepreneurial Intentions

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 555-571

  Hirschi, Andreas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

career decision making; career exploration; career intentions; entrepreneurial intention; vocational identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884633868     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072712475287     Document Type: Article

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