Practice theory and work task performance: How are they related and how can they contribute to a study of information practices

Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Bystróm, Katriina ^a   Lloyd, Annemareé ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Information practice; Information seeking; Practice theory; Task based studies; Work task

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878569453     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15508390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/meet.14504901252     Document Type: Article

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