Choosing to labour: Structure and agency in school-work transitions

Canadian Journal of Sociology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 325-350

  Lehmann, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 27844518757     PISSN: 03186431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4146145     Document Type: Review

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