On the life of the object

Organization

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 307-330

  Engeström, Yrjö ^a,b,d   Blackler, Frank ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d Ctr Activ Theor/Devmtl Wk Res   (Finland)

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EID: 17644369348     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508405051268     Document Type: Article

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