What do people need to know about writing in order to write in their jobs?

British Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 429-445

  Davies, Chris ^a   Birbili, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Literacy; Workplace writing; Written communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034552752     PISSN: 00071005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8527.00156     Document Type: Article

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