Negotiating expert status: Who gets taken seriously

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 30-39

  Rifkin, William D ^a   Martin, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY WORK; EXPERT STATUS; NEGOTIATED STATUS; SCIENTISTS; SOCIAL IDENTITY;

DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TECHNOLOGY;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0031099834     PISSN: 02780097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/44.584649     Document Type: Article

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