How do we justify knowledge produced within interpretive approaches?

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-68

  Sandberg, Jörgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Interpretive approach; Qualitative research; Reliability; Truth; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 11344257723     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428104272000     Document Type: Article

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