Application of focus group interviews for quality management: An action research project

Systemic Practice and Action Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-126

  Brits, Hans ^a   Du Plessis, Linda ^a  

^a VAAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Focus group interview; Qualitative data; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947636527     PISSN: 1094429X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11213-006-9054-0     Document Type: Article

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