Strategies for gaining access to organisations and informants in qualitative studies

Education for Information

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 223-231

  Shenton, Andrew K ^a,b   Hayter, Susan ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barriers to research; Fieldwork; Gaining access; Gatekeepers

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BARRIERS TO RESEARCH; FIELDWORK; GAINING ACCESS; GATEKEEPERS;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 12944276898     PISSN: 01678329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/EFI-2004-223-404     Document Type: Article

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