Fitting oval pegs into round holes: Tensions in evaluating and publishing qualitative research in top-tier North American journals

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 481-509

  Pratt, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparing qualitative and quantitative research; Evaluating qualitative research; Publishing qualitative research; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649192312     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: 15527425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428107303349     Document Type: Article

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