Exploring the changing meaning of work for american high school seniors from 1976 to 2005

Youth and Society

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1110-1135

  Wray Lake, Laura ^a   Syvertsen, Amy K ^b   Briddell, Laine ^c   Osgood, D Wayne ^d   Flanagan, Constance A ^e  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Search Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; demographic differences; historical trends; Monitoring the Future; work values

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961206180     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X10381367     Document Type: Article

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