Moving beyond job search quantity: Towards a conceptualization and self-regulatory framework of job search quality

Organizational Psychology Review

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-40

  Van Hooft, Edwin A J ^a   Wanberg, Connie R ^b   van Hoye, Greet ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Careers; Human resource management; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85118492044     PISSN: 20413866     EISSN: 20413874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2041386612456033     Document Type: Article

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