Standardization of work: Co-constructed practice

Information Society

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 309-326

  Ellingsen, Gunnar ^a   Monteiro, Eric ^b   Munkvold, Glenn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Classification; Health care; Nursing; Service work; Standardization

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348840395     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240701572723     Document Type: Article

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