Exploring the use of narrative analysis as an operational research method: A case study in voluntary sector evaluation

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 700-711

  White, L ^a   Taket, A ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deconstruction; Evaluation quality; Kpractice of OR; Narrative analysis; Poststructuralism; Soft OR methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034383164     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2600959     Document Type: Article

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