The Role of Culture in Conducting Trustworthy and Credible Qualitative Business Research in China

Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods for International Business

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 402-420

  Eckhardt, Giana M ^a  

^a Australian Graduate School of Management   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4337/9781781954331.00040     Document Type: Chapter

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