Mapping conceptual worlds: Using interpretive ethnography to explore knowledge-making in a professional community

Journal of Business Communication

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 111-127

  Smart, Graham ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 54649083013     PISSN: 00219436     EISSN: 15524582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002194369803500107     Document Type: Article

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