A quality debate on grounded theory in sport and exercise psychology? A commentary on potential areas for future debate

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 414-418

  Weed, Mike ^a  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Grounded theory; Methodology; Ontology; Research quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956442347     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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