Working relationally at organisational boundaries: Negotiating expertise and identity

Activity Theory in Practice: Promoting Learning Across Boundaries and Agencies

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 126-139

  Edwards, Anne ^a   Kinti, Ioanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84919518407     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203609439     Document Type: Chapter

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