Studying actions in context: A qualitative shadowing method for organizational research

Qualitative Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 455-473

  McDonald, Seonaidh ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Literature review; Organizational research; Shadowing

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744459284     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794105056923     Document Type: Article

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