Company matters: Goal-related social capital in the transition to working life

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 413-428

  Jokisaari, Markku ^a,b   Nurmi, Jari Erik ^b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Employment; Goals; School to work transition; Social capital; Social networks; Social support; Social ties; Work adjustment

Indexed keywords

EID: 28444457300     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2004.09.002     Document Type: Article

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