The cognitive-cultural systems of the research laboratory

Organization Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 125-145

  Nersessian, Nancy J ^a,b,c,d  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cognitive cultural system; Knowledge construction; Model based reasoning; Practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644977993     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840606061842     Document Type: Review

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