Electronic social fields in bureaucracies

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1991, Pages 75-82

  Perin, Constance ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 37149051290     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/125319.125324     Document Type: Article

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