Grounded theory in practice: Issues and discussion for new qualitative researchers

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-112

  Tan, Jin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Codes; Literature

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EID: 74349092711     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220411011016380     Document Type: Article

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