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Why CSCW applications fail: problems in the design and evaluationof organizational interfaces

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        CSCW '88: Proceedings of the 1988 ACM conference on Computer-supported cooperative work
        January 1988
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        ISBN:0897912829
        DOI:10.1145/62266
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