Productive tensions and the regulatory work of genres in the development of an engineering communication workshop in a transnational corporation

Journal of Business and Technical Communication

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 358-381

  Gygi, Kathleen ^a   Zachry, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Academy industry partnerships; Activity systems; Genre; Onboarding; Workplace studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954004789     PISSN: 10506519     EISSN: 15524574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1050651910363365     Document Type: Article

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