The philosophy and politics of quality in qualitative organizational research

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 456-480

  Amis, John M ^a   Silk, Michael L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nonfoundational research; Qualitative research; Research quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649201070     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: 15527425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428107300341     Document Type: Article

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