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Questions About Questions: Investigating How Knowledge Workers Ask and Answer Questions

  1. Michael J. Burns1,
  2. Xerxes P. Kotval2

Article first published online: 27 FEB 2013

DOI: 10.1002/bltj.21574

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Bell Labs Technical Journal

Bell Labs Technical Journal

Special Issue: Human Science and User Experience

Volume 17, Issue 4, pages 43–61, March 2013

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Burns, M. J. and Kotval, X. P. (2013), Questions About Questions: Investigating How Knowledge Workers Ask and Answer Questions. Bell Labs Tech. J., 17: 43–61. doi: 10.1002/bltj.21574

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  1. 1

    Intuitive Collaboration Department of the Multimedia Research Domain, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, Murray Hill, New Jersey

  2. 2

    Intuitive Collaboration Department of the Multimedia Research Domain, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, Murray Hill, New Jersey

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  2. Article first published online: 27 FEB 2013

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