Achieving Scientific Rigor in Organizational Diagnosis: An Application of the Diagnostic Funnel

Consulting Psychology Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 79-90

  Gregory, Brian T ^a   Armenakis, Achilles A ^b   Moates, K Nathan ^c   Albritton, M David ^a   Harris, Stanley G ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

action research; diagnostic funnel; organizational change; organizational diagnosis; qualitative methodology; triangulation; unique diagnostic paradigm

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848861810     PISSN: 10659293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1065-9293.59.2.79     Document Type: Article

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