Institutional ethnography, autoethnography, and narrative: An argument for incorporating multiple methodologies

Qualitative Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-25

  Taber, Nancy ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autoethnography; Institutional ethnography; Military; Narrative; Self; Social

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649246156     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: 17413109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794109348680     Document Type: Article

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