The role of career adaptability in predicting entrepreneurial intentions: A moderated mediation model

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 403-412

  Tolentino, Laramie R ^a   Sedoglavich, Vesna ^a   Lu, Vinh Nhat ^a,c   Garcia, Patrick Raymund James M ^b,c   Restubog, Simon Lloyd D ^a,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c People and Work Laboratory (PaWL)   (United States)

Author keywords

Career adaptability; Entrepreneurial career; Entrepreneurial intentions; Entrepreneurial self efficacy; Entrepreneurship; Family business

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907853539     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2014.09.002     Document Type: Article

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