Using activity theory to understand how people learn to negotiate the conditions of work

Mind, Culture, and Activity

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 322-338

  Worthen, Helena ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b School of Labor and Employment Relations   (United States)

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EID: 61149480261     PISSN: 10749039     EISSN: 15327884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10749030802391385     Document Type: Article

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