Bridging the paradigm divide in management accounting research: The role of mixed methods approaches

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 124-129

  Modell, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Management accounting; Mixed methods research; Paradigms; Triangulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952884693     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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