The philosophy and practice of interpretivist research in entrepreneurship: Quality, validation, and trust

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-84

  Leitch, Claire M ^a   Hill, Frances M ^a   Harrison, Richard T ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Interpretivist research; Quality; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70949103102     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: 15527425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428109339839     Document Type: Article

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