Abstract
The influence of sandwich courses on occupational socialization and choice is minimal. The key is to be found in the search for an acceptable identity. Occupation can provide this but only for a minority: for such, future commitment to an occupation feeds back and moulds and sustains the development of the self-concept through the process of anticipatory socialization. It is career commitment, not the course, which is the major determinant of identity.
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