Activity theory and learning at work

The SAGE Handbook of Workplace Learning

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 86-104

  Engeström, Yrjö ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781446200940.n7     Document Type: Chapter

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