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Volume 27 , Issue 12 (December 1984) table of contents
Special section on management of information systems

Pages: 1184 - 1192

Year of Publication: 1984

ISSN:0001-0782

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Paul Attewell	State Univ. of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook
James Rule	State Univ. of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
K. Computing Milieux
K.4 COMPUTERS AND SOCIETY

General Terms:
Design, Human Factors, Management, Performance, Theory

Keywords:
skill

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