Sharing meaning across occupational communities: The transformation of understanding on a production floor

Organization Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Bechky, Beth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge Sharing; Occupational Communities; Problem Solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037495910     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.14.3.312.15162     Document Type: Review

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