Using narratives as a research strategy

Qualitative Research Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 18-26

  Pepper, Coral ^a   Wildy, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Narrative accounts; Research strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 70849127415     PISSN: 14439883     EISSN: 14480980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3316/QRJ0902018     Document Type: Article

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