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Agency and reflexivity in boomtown transitions: young people deciding on a school and work direction

Christopher D. O’ConnorDepartment of Human Behaviour, Justice & Diversity (HBJD), University of Wisconsin – Superior, Superior, WI, USA.Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 372-391 | Received 13 Nov 2011, Accepted 09 Nov 2012, Published online: 10 Dec 2012

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Jan Skrobanek & Volha Vysotskaya. (2022) Setting out for new shores! An explorative analysis of agency in youth employment mobility. Journal of Education and Work 35:2, pages 108-123.
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Paula Pustulka & Justyna Sarnowska. (2021) Educational choices of Polish youth in an intergenerational perspective. Journal of Education and Work 34:4, pages 414-428.
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Christopher D. O'Connor. (2019) Social change, risk, and individualization: young people’s perceptions of a large-scale oil extraction project. Journal of Youth Studies 22:2, pages 273-289.
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Naomi Thompson & Stephen Pihlaja. (2018) Temporary liberties and uncertain futures: young female Muslim perceptions of life in England. Journal of Youth Studies 21:10, pages 1326-1343.
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Christopher D. O’Connor. (2017) Oil, Crime, and Disorder: A Methodological Examination of the Oil Boom’s Impact in North Dakota. Deviant Behavior 38:4, pages 477-491.
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José Andrés Fernández-Cornejo, Lorenzo Escot, Jane Kabubo-Mariara, Bethuel Kinyanjui Kinuthia, Guðný Björk Eydal & Tómas Bjarnason. (2016) Gender differences in young adults’ inclination to sacrifice career opportunities in the future for family reasons: comparative study with university students from Nairobi, Madrid, and Reykjavik. Journal of Youth Studies 19:4, pages 457-482.
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Christopher D. O'Connor. (2015) Classed, raced, and gendered biographies: young people's understandings of social structures in a boomtown. Journal of Youth Studies 18:7, pages 867-883.
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Grace Spencer & Marion Doull. (2015) Examining concepts of power and agency in research with young people. Journal of Youth Studies 18:7, pages 900-913.
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Christopher D. O’Connor. (2015) Insiders and outsiders: social change, deviant others, and sense of community in a boomtown. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice 39:3, pages 219-238.
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A. Portela-Pruaño, M.J. Rodríguez-Entrena, A. Torres-Soto & J.M. Nieto-Cano. (2022) Push and pull reasons underpinning vulnerable young people’s decisions regarding re-engagement with education and training. Children and Youth Services Review 143, pages 106656.
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Rick Ruddell, Christopher D. O'Connor & Stuart John Wilson. (2022) Oil and Disorder: Youth Crime in North Dakota Boom Communities. Criminal Justice Review, pages 073401682211213.
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Valentina Cuzzocrea. (2018) ‘Rooted mobilities’ in young people’s narratives of the future: A peripheral case. Current Sociology 66:7, pages 1106-1123.
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Margaret A. Fitzgerald, Glenn Muske, George Haynes & Yoon G. Lee. (2016) Opportunities and Challenges in Energy-Related Boomtowns: Implications for Family and Consumer Science Professionals. Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal 44:4, pages 394-411.
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