Contemporary career construction: The role of career adaptability

Psycho-Social Career Meta-Capacities: Dynamics of Contemporary Career Development

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 247-263

  Nota, Laura ^a   Cristina Ginevra, Maria ^a   Santilli, Sara ^a   Soresi, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adaptivity; Career adaptability; Career assessment; Career concern; Career confidence; Career construction; Career control; Career curiosity; Career guidance interventions; Life design; Young adult

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907495861     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-00645-1_13     Document Type: Chapter

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