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Transitions from school to work : globalization, individualization, and patterns of diversity /

"This book makes an important contribution to the growing literature on the transition from school to work. It provides a unique perspective on the global changes that have transformed school-to-work transitions since the 1970s; offers an integrative conceptual framework for analysis; and promo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Schoon, Ingrid, Silbereisen, R. K. (Rainer K.), 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Colección:Jacobs Foundation series on adolescence.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I. Introduction. Conceptualising school-to-work transitions in context / Ingrid Schoon and Rainer K. Silbereisen
  • Thinking about the transition to adulthood: from grand narratives to useful theories / Michael J. Shanahan and Kyle Longest
  • II. Transitions and global change. Is stable employment becoming more elusive for young men? / Mary Corcoran and Jordan Matsudaira
  • Youth outcomes in the labour markets of advanced economies: decline, deterioration, and causes / Rebekka Christopoulou and Paul Ryan
  • Uncertain and unable to commit: a fourteen-country comparison of the impact of globalization on the early life course / Melinda Mills and Hans-Peter Blossfeld
  • III. Individual decision making. 'It was not my choice, you know?': young people's subjective views and decision-making processes in biographical transitions / Andreas Walther
  • From paradigm to paradox: parental support and transitions to independence / Gill Jones
  • Job attitudes and job aspirations in a changing labour market: Germany, 1991-2006 / Christian Ebner and Jutta Allmendinger
  • Escaping the gender trap: young women's transition into nontraditional occupations / Marlis Buchmann and Irene Kriesi
  • IV. Mapping diversity and change. Sequences, patterns, and variations in the assumption of work and family-related roles: evidence from two British birth cohorts / Ingrid Schoon, Andy Ross, and Peter Martin
  • Transition to adulthood: linking late-adolescent lifestyles to family and work status in the mid-twenties / Jessica Garrett and Jacquelynne S. Eccles
  • Challenges of transitioning into adulthood / Barbara Schneider
  • V. Interventions and policies. School-related burnout during educational tracks: antecedents and consequences / Katariina Salmela-Aro
  • Building skills for positive developmental pathways and successful vocational careers in adulthood: intervention programs within the school context / Karina Weichold
  • Integrated transition policies for European young adults: contradictions and solutions / Manuela du Bois-Reymond
  • The future at work: labour-market realities and the transition to adulthood / Lynn A. Karoly.