Theorising international youth volunteering: Training for global (corporate) work?

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 530-544

  Jones, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gap year; Global business class; Globalisation; International youth volunteering; Transnational firms; Work

Indexed keywords

CLASS; CULTURAL TRADITION; GEOGRAPHICAL THEORY; GLOBALIZATION; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; RESEARCH WORK; VOLUNTARY APPROACH; YOUNG POPULATION;

EID: 80052569760     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2011.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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