Formalizing the unformalized: Practitioners' communication of knowledge in practice

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 677-692

  Osmond, Jennifer ^a   O'Connor, Ian ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication; Knowledge; Practice research

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043167686     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch084     Document Type: Review

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