Design engineers and technical professionals at work: Observing information usage in the workplace

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 443-454

  Allard, Suzie ^a   Levine, Kenneth J ^a   Tenopir, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN ENGINEERS; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ENGINEERING WORKPLACES; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; HIGH-TECH FIRMS; INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTS; JOB PERFORMANCE; OBSERVING INFORMATIONS; PRIMARY SOURCES; TECHNICAL PROFESSIONALS; WORK ACTIVITIES;

ENGINEERS; INNOVATION; PRODUCT DESIGN;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 62549161772     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21004     Document Type: Article

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