Validation of the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale and an examination of a model of career adaptation in the Philippine context

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 410-418

  Tolentino, Laramie R ^a   Garcia, Patrick Raymund James M ^a   Restubog, Simon Lloyd D ^a   Bordia, Prashant ^a   Tang, Robert L ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b and Institution Management   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adaptivity; Career adaptability; Career success; Philippines

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887132239     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2013.06.013     Document Type: Article

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