Longitudinal Case Research: A Critical Realist Perspective

Systemic Practice and Action Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 283-296

  Dobson, Philip J ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case study; Critical realism; Epistemology; Interpretive perspective; IS research frameworks; Research methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035631045     PISSN: 1094429X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011307331290     Document Type: Review

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