Are case studies more than sophisticated storytelling?: Methodological problems of qualitative empirical research mainly based on semi-structured interviews

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 875-894

  Diefenbach, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case study; Interview; Methodology; Qualitative empirical research; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649089042     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-008-9164-0     Document Type: Article

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