"Sometimes bureaucracy has its charms": The working conditions of teachers in deregulated schools

Teachers College Record

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-124

  Johnson, Susan Moore ^a   Landman, Jonathan ^a  

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EID: 0034336581     PISSN: 01614681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0161-4681.00049     Document Type: Article

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