Development of a new scale to measure subjective career success: A mixed-methods study

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 128-153

  Shockley, Kristen M ^a   Ureksoy, Heather ^b   Rodopman, Ozgun Burcu ^c   Poteat, Laura F ^d   Dullaghan, Timothy Ryan ^d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Talent Science   (United States)

^c BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Raymond James Financial ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Career satisfaction; Meaningful work; Scale development; Subjective career success

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955630232     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.2046     Document Type: Article

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