Choice and quality in action research practice

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-203

  Reason, Peter ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Action Research and Practice ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; Participation; Quality; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646513517     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: 15526542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056492606288074     Document Type: Article

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