An evaluation of the social perspective in the development of technical requirements

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 386-396

  Adler, Terry R ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discourse norms; Interpretation conflict; Socialization processes; Team based designs; Technical diffusion; Technical requirements

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; PERSONNEL; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

DISCOURSE NORMS; INTERPRETATION CONFLICT; SOCIALIZATION PROCESSES; TEAM BASED DESIGNS; TECHNICAL DIFFUSION; WORK STATEMENT;

TECHNICAL WRITING;

EID: 0034482283     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/47.888813     Document Type: Review

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