Work and life in the clear-cut: Communities of practice in the northern Ontario tree planting industry

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 204-221

  Sweeney, Brendan ^a   Holmes, John ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communities of practice; Resource peripheries; Tree planting; Work cultures

Indexed keywords

CLEARCUTTING; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; TIMBER INDUSTRY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 44649137259     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: 15410064     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2008.00209.x     Document Type: Article

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