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ERIC Number: EJ507751
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0040-0912
Flexibility, Learning and Risk: Work, Training and Early Careers in England and Germany.
Evans, Karen; Heinz, Walter
Education and Training, v37 n5 p3-11 1995
As a result of the "risk society" (in which career and adult transitions are less orderly and predictable), young people have adopted various transition behaviors--strategic, step-by-step, taking chances, and wait-and-see--as they follow different paths: higher education, training for skilled or semiskilled occupations, unskilled occupations, or unemployment. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Coping, Education Work Relationship, Entry Workers, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Job Training, Risk, Young Adults
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: England; Germany
Note: Available from MCB Univ. Press, PO Box 10812, Birmingham, AL 35201-0812.