Ambiguity and legitimate peripheral participation in the creation of scientific documents

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 151-165

  Shankar, Kalpana ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Knowledge creation; Professional education; Records management

Indexed keywords

EID: 67249118939     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410910926167     Document Type: Article

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