Grounded theory method: The researcher as blank slate and other myths

ICIS 2006 Proceedings - Twenty Seventh International Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 457-464

  Urquhart, Cathy ^a   Fernández, Walter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND BUSINESS SCHOOL   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Grounded theory; Research methods

Indexed keywords

EPISTEMOLOGY; GROUNDED THEORY; LOW LEVEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH METHODS;

RESEARCH; SLATE;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 71549141668     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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