The timing of adolescents' school-to-work transition in the course of social change: The example of German unification

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 240-255

  Reitzle, Matthias ^a   Silbereisen, Rainer K ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

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EID: 0034558354     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024//1421-0185.59.4.240     Document Type: Article

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