An empirical analysis of engineers' information behaviors

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 640-658

  Robinson, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN ENGINEERS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; INFORMATION BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION SOURCES; KNOWLEDGE WORK; ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICES; TIME SPENT; WORK SAMPLING; WORKING TIME;

HAND HELD COMPUTERS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; SAMPLING;

ENGINEERING;

EID: 77949845980     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21290     Document Type: Article

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