Making the case for narrative methods in cross-cultural organizational research

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-77

  Soin, Kim ^a   Scheytt, Tobias ^b,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c INNSBRUCK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cross cultural research; Interpretivism; Management control; Narrative methodology; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 30844472674     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: 15527425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428105283297     Document Type: Review

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