Marshaling the professional experience of doctoral students: A contribution to the practical relevance debate

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 675-685

  Klein, Heinz K ^a,b   Rowe, Frantz ^c,d  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^d BENTLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Applicative knowledge; Communities of practice; Practice; Professionally Qualified Doctoral Students (PQDS); Qualitative research; Relevance; Symbolic capital; Technical knowledge

Indexed keywords

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

APPLICATIVE KNOWLEDGE; COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE; PRACTICE; PROFESSIONALLY QUALIFIED DOCTORAL STUDENTS (PQDS); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELEVANCE; SYMBOLIC CAPITAL; TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 55949086631     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25148866     Document Type: Article

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