Cognition and Communication at Work (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521645669)

This book brings together contributions from researchers within various social science disciplines who seek to redefine the methods and topics that constitute the study of work. They investigate work activity in ways that do not reduce it to a "psychology" of individual cognition or to a "sociology" of societal structures and communication. A key theme in the material is the relationship between theory and practice. Mindful practices and communicative interaction are examined as situated issues at work in the reproduction of communities of practice in a variety of settings including: courts of law, computer software design, the piloting of airliners, the coordination of air traffic control, and traffic management in underground railway systems.

Author: Yrjo Engestr
ISBN-10: 0521645662
ISBN-13: 9780521645669
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/28/1998
Pages: 360
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 9.18h x 6.26w x 0.74d