Voices from the field: Practitioner reactions to collaborative research initiatives

Action Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 373-390

  Cunningham, W Scott ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

collaboration; practitioner; research implementation; research partnership

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950697522     PISSN: 14767503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476750308097025     Document Type: Article

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