New job market entrants' future work self, career adaptability and job search outcomes: Examining mediating and moderating models

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 136-145

  Guan, Yanjun ^a,b   Guo, Yu ^a   Bond, Michael Harris ^c   Cai, Zijun ^a   Zhou, Xiang ^a   Xu, Jingwen ^a   Zhu, Fei ^d   Wang, Zhen ^a   Fu, Ruchunyi ^a   Liu, Songbo ^a   Wang, Yanan ^a   Hu, Tianlong ^a   Ye, Lihui ^e  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^e HUAQIAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Career adaptability; Future work self; Job search

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903737388     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2014.05.003     Document Type: Article

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