Young people's aspirations for education, work, family and leisure

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-84

  McDonald, Paula ^a   Pini, Barbara ^b   Bailey, Janis ^c   Price, Robin ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

aspirations; employment; expectations of work and family; gender and work; leisure; transitions to adulthood; young worker; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953651655     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017010389242     Document Type: Article

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