Effects of the School-to-Work Group Method among young people

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 277-296

  Koivisto, Petri ^a,b   Vuori, Jukka ^a   Nykyri, Elina ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Career education; Depression; Experimental study; Group training; Personal goals; Preventive intervention; Psychological distress; Quality of employment; Transition from school to work; Youth employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947162411     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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