Using writing to structure agency: An examination of engineers’ practice

Technical Communication Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 411-430

  Winsor, Dorothy ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 36849056394     PISSN: 10572252     EISSN: 15427625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15427625tcq1504_1     Document Type: Article

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