Talking about work: School students' views on their paid employment

Children and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 123-135

  Hobbs, Sandy ^a   Stack, Niamh ^b   McKechnie, Jim ^a   Smillie, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33846928044     PISSN: 09510605     EISSN: 10990860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2006.00030.x     Document Type: Review

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