Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methodologies to Study Group Processes: An Illustrative Study of a Corporate Board of Directors

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-36

  Currall, Steven C ^a   Hammer, Tove Helland ^b   Baggett, L Scott ^b   Doniger, Glen M ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0041412377     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109442819921002     Document Type: Article

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