Fifty years of the critical incident technique: 1954-2004 and beyond

Qualitative Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 475-497

  Butterfield, Lee D ^a   Borgen, William A ^a   Amundson, Norman E ^a   Maglio, Asa Sophia T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Counselling psychology; Critical incident technique; Qualitative research; University of British Columbia

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744445983     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794105056924     Document Type: Review

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