Toward integrating our research scope a sociocultural field methodology

Journal of Business and Technical Communication

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-32

  Spinuzzi, Clay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0036102753     PISSN: 10506519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1050651902016001001     Document Type: Article

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