Work aspirations and attitudes in an era of labour market restructuring: A comparison of two Canadian youth cohorts

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-22

  Lowe, Graham S ^a   Krahn, Harvey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 0034144907     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/09500170022118248     Document Type: Article

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