Theorizing structure and agency in workplace writing an ethnomethodological approach

Journal of Business and Technical Communication

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 170-195

  Schneider, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 0036249216     PISSN: 10506519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1050651902016002002     Document Type: Review

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