Can intervention in emotional competences increase employability prospects of unemployed adults?

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 88, Issue , 2015, Pages 28-37

  Hodzic, Sabina ^a   Ripoll, Pilar ^a   Lira, Eva ^a   Zenasni, Franck ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Emotional competences; Employability; Entrepreneurial self efficacy; Intervention; Reemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923564622     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2015.02.007     Document Type: Article

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