Preliminary investigation and interview guide development for studying how Malaysian farmers' form their mental models of farming

Qualitative Report

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 245-260

  Krauss, Steven Eric ^a   Hamzah, Azimi ^a   Omar, Zoharah ^a   Suandi, Turiman ^a   Ismail, Ismi Arif ^a   Zahari, Mohd Zaidan ^a   Nor, Zanariah Mohd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Interview guide; Malaysian farmers; Mental model

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949141662     PISSN: 10520147     EISSN: 21603715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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