Paradox of understanding work for design

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 197-219

  McCarthy, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

BAKHTIN PHILOSOPHY; BATESON ANALYSIS; WORK ORGANIZATION;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 0034226789     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ijhc.2000.0371     Document Type: Article

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