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Work Aspirations and Attitudes in an Era of Labour Market Restructuring: A Comparison of two Canadian Youth Cohorts

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  • Graham S. Lowe

    (Department of Sociology University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta T6G 2H4 CANADA)

  • Harvey Krahn

    (Department of Sociology University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta T6G 2H4 CANADA)

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This article tests the assumption that youth's work attitudes are changing to reflect the restructured labour markets that often are taken as a characteristic of late-modernity. Comparing 1985 and 1996 cohorts of high school leavers in a Canadian city, we find that occupational aspirations increased significantly since 1985, especially among females, in ways consistent with employment trends in a service-based economy. However, the 1985 and 1996 youth cohorts wanted very similar conditions in a job, and in each cohort we observed significant gender differences. General attitudes towards work and education also remained fairly constant. We discuss the implications of these findings for school-work transition research and for larger debates about youth responses to conditions of late-modernity.

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  • Graham S. Lowe & Harvey Krahn, 2000. "Work Aspirations and Attitudes in an Era of Labour Market Restructuring: A Comparison of two Canadian Youth Cohorts," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 14(1), pages 1-22, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:woemps:v:14:y:2000:i:1:p:1-22
    DOI: 10.1177/09500170022118248
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    1. David K. Foot & Jeanne C. Li, 1986. "Youth Employment in Canada: A Misplaced Priority?," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 12(3), pages 499-506, September.
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