Standardisation and its discontents

Cognition, Technology and Work

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 89-94

  Wears, Robert L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity; Quality; Resilience; Safety; Standardisation; Taylorism

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; IMAGE QUALITY;

COMPLEXITY; QUALITY AND SAFETIES; RESILIENCE; TAYLORISM;

STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 84925517901     PISSN: 14355558     EISSN: 14355566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10111-014-0299-6     Document Type: Article

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