Athlete and Researcher: Undertaking and Pursuing an Ethnographic Study in a Sports Club

Qualitative Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 227-245

  Macphail, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

ethnography; moral issues; reflexivity; visibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 30844440191     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794104044433     Document Type: Article

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