A complexity science approach to occupation: Moving beyond the individual

Journal of Occupational Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 131-139

  Fogelberg, Donald ^a   Frauwirth, Stacy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed occupations; Individualism; Occupational science; Occupational systems; Social interaction; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956331610     PISSN: 14427591     EISSN: 21581576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14427591.2010.9686687     Document Type: Article

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