Conceptualising school-to-work transitions in context

Transitions from School to Work: Globalization, Individualization, and Patterns of Diversity

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3-29

  Schoon, Ingrid ^a   Silbereisen, Rainer K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

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EID: 77953518955     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511605369.001     Document Type: Chapter

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