Investigating the use of 7 quot;grounded theory" in information systems research

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 338, Issue , 2008, Pages 139-147

  Matavire, Rangarirai ^a   Brown, Irwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Grounded theory methodology; Research methodology

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; DATA ANALYSIS; FRAME OF REFERENCE; GROUNDED THEORY; GROUNDED THEORY APPROACH; GROUNDED THEORY METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY;

ENGINEERS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 70049109844     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1456659.1456676     Document Type: Conference Paper

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