Supping with a short spoon: Suppression inherent in research methodology

Accountability in Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 227-243

  Macdonald, Stuart ^a   Hellgren, Bo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fieldwork; Interview; Management studies; Research; Research methodology; Users

Indexed keywords

EID: 62549133740     PISSN: 08989621     EISSN: 15455815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08989629908573931     Document Type: Article

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