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Emotional self‐efficacy, graduate employability, and career satisfaction: Testing the associations

Lorraine Dacre poolUniversity of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK, Correspondence[email protected]
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Pamela QualterUniversity of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK,
Pages 214-223 | Received 04 Dec 2012, Accepted 21 May 2013, Published online: 20 Nov 2020

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