The Danish school as a haunted house: Reforming time, work life and fantasies of teaching in Denmark

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The Danish school as a haunted house : Reforming time, work life and fantasies of teaching in Denmark. / Vaaben, Nana Katrine.

I: Ephemera: Theory & politics in organization, Bind 19, Nr. 1, 2019, s. 107-128.

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Vaaben, NK 2019, 'The Danish school as a haunted house: Reforming time, work life and fantasies of teaching in Denmark', Ephemera: Theory & politics in organization, bind 19, nr. 1, s. 107-128. <http://www.ephemerajournal.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/contribution/19-1vaabenbjerg%20%281%29.pdf>

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Vaaben, N. K. (2019). The Danish school as a haunted house: Reforming time, work life and fantasies of teaching in Denmark. Ephemera: Theory & politics in organization, 19(1), 107-128. http://www.ephemerajournal.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/contribution/19-1vaabenbjerg%20%281%29.pdf

Vancouver

Vaaben NK. The Danish school as a haunted house: Reforming time, work life and fantasies of teaching in Denmark. Ephemera: Theory & politics in organization. 2019;19(1):107-128.

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Vaaben, Nana Katrine. / The Danish school as a haunted house : Reforming time, work life and fantasies of teaching in Denmark. I: Ephemera: Theory & politics in organization. 2019 ; Bind 19, Nr. 1. s. 107-128.

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