This is not a boundary object: Reflections on the origin of a concept

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 601-617

  Star, Susan Leigh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

boundary objects; Grounded Theory; Leigh Star

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955746370     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: 15528251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0162243910377624     Document Type: Article

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