In defense of being "native": The case for insider academic research

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-74

  Brannick, Teresa ^a   Coghlan, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Access; Action research; Hermeneutics; Insider research; Organizational politics; Positivism; Preunderstanding; Reflexivity; Research paradigms; Role duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845608124     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: 15527425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428106289253     Document Type: Article

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