Career adaptation: The relation of adaptability to goal orientation, proactive personality, and career optimism

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-48

  Tolentino, Laramie R ^a   Garcia, Patrick Raymund James M ^a   Lu, Vinh Nhat ^a   Restubog, Simon Lloyd D ^a   Bordia, Prashant ^a   Plewa, Carolin ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptivity; Australia; Career adaptability; Career optimism; Goal orientation; Proactive personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892182503     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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