Career adaptability predicts subjective career success above and beyond personality traits and core self-evaluations

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-30

  Zacher, Hannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Career Adapt Abilities Scale; Career adaptability; Career satisfaction; Career success

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891951272     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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