The effects of socioeconomic status and proactive personality on career decision self-efficacy

Career Development Quarterly

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-43

  Hsieh, Hui Hsien ^a   Huang, Jie Tsuen ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

career decision self efficacy; proactive personality; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897716405     PISSN: 08894019     EISSN: 21610045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-0045.2014.00068.x     Document Type: Article

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