Crossing language boundaries: Qualitative interviewing in international business

Management International Review

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 417-437

  Welch, Catherine ^a   Piekkari, Rebecca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

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EID: 33750252583     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-006-0099-1     Document Type: Article

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