Questionnaires in realist research: A case study of rural small-scale industry in Ghana

Applied Economics and the Critical Realist Critique

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 197-219

  Olsen, Wendy ^a   Hara, Thandie M ^b   Edusah, Sampson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33846537735     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203987872     Document Type: Chapter

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