School students' part-time work: Understanding what they do

Journal of Education and Work

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-175

  McKechnie, Jim ^a   Hobbs, Sandy ^a   Simpson, Amanda ^a   Anderson, Seonaid ^a   Howieson, Cathy ^b   Semple, Sheila ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Educational value; Part time work; Quality; School students; Skill attainment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249117658     PISSN: 13639080     EISSN: 14699435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13639080903565665     Document Type: Article

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