Obstacles and opportunities in access to professional work organizations for long-term fieldwork: The case of Japanese laboratories

Human Organization

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 334-343

  Coleman, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access; Bioscience; Methodology; Professional work organization; Japan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010792180     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.55.3.l38mh1588247263r     Document Type: Article

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