Ethnographic study of collaborative knowledge work

IBM Systems Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 759-771

  Kogan, Sandra L ^a   Muller, Michael J ^a  

^a IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DATA ACQUISITION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TECHNOLOGY;

COLLABORATIVE KNOWLEDGE WORK; ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY; KNOWLEDGE WORKERS;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 33845192674     PISSN: 00188670     EISSN: 00188670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/sj.454.0759     Document Type: Article

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