Who will log in maine's north woods? A cross-cultural study of occupational choice and prestige

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 200-208

  Egan, Andrew ^a   Taggart, Deryth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Familial attachment; Logging labor; Mail survey; Occupational choice; Occupational prestige

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; LOGGING (FORESTRY); POPULATION STATISTICS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; TIMBER;

CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY; FAMILIAL ATTACHMENT; LOGGING LABOR; MAIL SURVEY; OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE; OCCUPATIONAL PRESTIAGE; TIMBER INDUSTRY;

WOOD PRODUCTS;

AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; FORESTS; LOGGING; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 10944241061     PISSN: 07426348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/njaf/21.4.200     Document Type: Article

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