Proactivity, adaptability and boundaryless career attitudes: The mediating role of entrepreneurial alertness

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 86, Issue , 2015, Pages 115-123

  Uy, Marilyn A ^a   Chan, Kim Yin ^a   Sam, Yoke Loo ^b   Ho, Moon ho Ringo ^b   Chernyshenko, Oleksandr S ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Boundaryless; Career adaptability; Career attitudes; Entrepreneurial alertness; Proactive personality; Protean

Indexed keywords

EID: 84916899359     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2014.11.005     Document Type: Article

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