Coffee Machine as a mediating technology of organization

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Coffee Machine as a mediating technology of organization. / Bachmann, Götz; Bialski, Paula.
Oxford Handbook of Media, Technology and Organization Studies . ed. / Timon Beyes; Robin Holt; Claus Pias. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. p. 116-124.

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Harvard

Bachmann, G & Bialski, P 2019, Coffee Machine as a mediating technology of organization. in T Beyes, R Holt & C Pias (eds), Oxford Handbook of Media, Technology and Organization Studies . Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 116-124. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198809913.013.11

APA

Bachmann, G., & Bialski, P. (2019). Coffee Machine as a mediating technology of organization. In T. Beyes, R. Holt, & C. Pias (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Media, Technology and Organization Studies (pp. 116-124). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198809913.013.11

Vancouver

Bachmann G, Bialski P. Coffee Machine as a mediating technology of organization. In Beyes T, Holt R, Pias C, editors, Oxford Handbook of Media, Technology and Organization Studies . Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2019. p. 116-124 doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198809913.013.11

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