Genre and activity systems the role of documentation in maintaining and changing engineering activity systems

Written Communication

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 200-224

  Winsor, Dorothy A ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000125334     PISSN: 07410883     EISSN: 15528472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741088399016002003     Document Type: Article

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