Evolution of a doctoral thesis research topic and methodology: A personal experience

Tourism Management

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-89

  Pansiri, Jaloni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Doctoral thesis; Literature review; Methods; Research philosophy

Indexed keywords

LITERATURE REVIEW; PHILOSOPHY; RESEARCH; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

EID: 56649088242     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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