Restructuring teachers' work and trade union responses in England: Bargaining for change?

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 224-251

  Stevenson, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Labor process; Labor relations; Teachers' unions; Workforce reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250800821     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831207302194     Document Type: Review

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