An assessment of survey research in POM: From constructs to theory

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 407-425

  Malhotra, Manoj K ^a   Grover, Varun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Construct measurement; Operations strategy; Research validity; Survey research methods

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; SURVEYS; SYSTEM THEORY;

CONSTRUCT MEASUREMENT; PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH VALIDITY; SURVEY RESEARCH METHOD;

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH;

EID: 0032115861     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0272-6963(98)00021-7     Document Type: Article

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