Managing interdisciplinary, longitudinal research teams: Extending grounded theory-building methodologies

Organization Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 353-373

  O'Connor, Gina Colarelli ^a   Rice, Mark P ^b   Peters, Lois ^a   Veryzer, Robert W ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic Teams; Grounded Theory Methodology; Longitudinal Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043209022     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.14.4.353.17485     Document Type: Article

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