Taking risks?: A case study of three doctoral students writing qualitative dissertations at an American university in Japan

Journal of Second Language Writing

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-16

  Casanave, Christine Pearson ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dissertation writing; Graduate advisor roles; Nontraditional writing; Qualitative dissertations; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 76449093799     PISSN: 10603743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jslw.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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