Eliciting conceptual models to support interdisciplinary research

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 259-278

  Beers, Pieter J ^a,c   Bots, Pieter W G ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Conceptual analysis; Interdisciplinary research; Knowledge construction; Knowledge sharing; Qualitative analysis

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTION; KNOWLEDGE SHARING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RESEARCH;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 67449127678     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: 17416485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165551508099087     Document Type: Article

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