Volunteering and Reemployment Status in Unemployed Emerging Adults: A Time-worthy Investment?

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 152-165

  Konstam, Varda ^a   Tomek, Sara ^b   Celen Demirtas, Selda ^a   Sweeney, Kay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

emerging adults; employment quality; job search strategies; reemployment; unemployment; volunteering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920643661     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: 15524590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072714523248     Document Type: Article

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