Analyzing due process in the workplace
Published 1 December 1986
Elihu M. Gerson, Susan Leigh Star
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An alternative approach based on the work of social scientists concerned with analyzing analogous problems in human organization is proposed, that is, reconciling incommensurate assumptions and procedures to the problem of due process.
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Article Free Access Share on Analyzing due process in the workplace Authors: Elihu M. Gerson View Profile , Susan L. Star View Profile Authors Info & Claims COCS '86: Proceedings of the third ACM-SIGOIS conference on Office information systemsDecember 1986 Pages 70–78https://doi.org/10.1145/15433.15856Published:01 December 1986Publication History 10citation433DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations10Total Downloads433Last 12 Months8Last 6 weeks0 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.To manage your alert preferences, click on the button below.Manage my AlertsNew Citation Alert!Please log in to your account Save to BinderSave to BinderCreate a New BinderNameCancelCreateExport CitationPublisher SiteeReaderPDF
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