Work and work roles: A context of tasks

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 797-815

  Huvila, Isto ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Information science; Task analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349090321     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410810912406     Document Type: Article

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