Transitions from school to work : globalization, individualization, and patterns of diversity /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2009
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| Series: | The Jacobs Foundation series on adolescence
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Table of Contents:
- I. Introduction: 1. Conceptualising school-to-work transitions in context / Ingrid Schoon and Rainer K. Silbereisen
- 2. Thinking about the transition to adulthood: from grand narratives to useful theories / Michael Shanahan and Kyle Longest
- II. Transitions and global change: 3. Is stable employment becoming more elusive for young men? / Mary Corcoran and Jordan Matsudaira
- 4. Youth outcomes in the labour markets of advanced economies: decline, deterioration, and causes / Rebekka Christopoulou and Paul Ryan
- 5. 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: 6. ’It was not my choice, you know?’: young people’s subjective views and decision-making processes in biographical transitions / Andreas Walther
- 7. From paradigm to paradox: parental support and transitions to independence / Gill Jones
- 8. Job attitudes and job aspirations in a changing labour market: Germany, 1991-2006 / Christian Ebner and Jutta Allmendinger
- 9. Escaping the gender trap: young women’s transition into nontraditional occupations / Marlis Buchmann and Irene Kriesi
- IV. Mapping diversity and change: 10. 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
- 11. Transition to adulthood: linking late-adolescent lifestyles to family and work status in the mid-twenties / Jessica Garrett and Jacquelynne S. Eccles
- 12. Challenges of transitioning into adulthood / Barbara Schneider
- V. Interventions and policies: 13. School-related burnout during educational tracks: antecedents and consequences / Katariina Salmela-Aro
- 14. Building skills for positive developmental pathways and successful vocational careers in adulthood: intervention programs within the school context / Karina Weichold
- 15. Integrated transition policies for European young adults: contradictions and solutions / Manuela du Bois-Reymond
- 16. The future at work: labour-arket realities and the transition to adulthood / Lynn Karoly.