Impossibilities of reconciliation: Validity in mixed theory projects

Qualitative Inquiry

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 601-621

  Koro Ljungberg, Mirka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Mixed theory; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 18144406322     PISSN: 10778004     EISSN: 15527565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077800403261860     Document Type: Article

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