The mediation of policy knowledge: An interpretive analysis of intersecting activity systems

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-187

  Canary, Heather E ^a   McPhee, Robert D ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity systems; Knowledge; Policy; Structuration

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350312499     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318909341409     Document Type: Article

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