A multimethod approach to the study of sensitive organizational issues

Journal of Mixed Methods Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 313-341

  Jehn, Karen A ^a   Jonsen, Karsten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b IMD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

conflicts; mixed methods; qualitative approaches; sensitive issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956865004     PISSN: 15586898     EISSN: 15586901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1558689810380920     Document Type: Article

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