Integrating qualitative and quantitative methods for organizational diagnosis: Possible priming effects?

Journal of Mixed Methods Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-105

  Vitale, Dean C ^a   Armenakis, Achilles A ^a   Feild, Hubert S ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mixed methods; Priming; Survey instrument

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449124113     PISSN: 15586898     EISSN: 15586901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1558689807309968     Document Type: Review

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