Accessing large corporations: Research ethics and gatekeeper-relations in the case of researching a Japanese-invested factory

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages

  Gronning T ^a  

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Author keywords

Access; Conditional Access; Gatekeepers; Industrial Sociology; Interviewing Techniques; Qualitative Methods; Sensitive Topics; Toyota Motor Corporation; Transplants

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947115914     PISSN: 13607804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.124     Document Type: Article

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