The acceptance of mixed methods in business and management research

International Journal of Organizational Analysis

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 256-271

  Cameron, Roslyn ^a   Molina Azorin, Jose F ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Management research; Mixed methods research; Organizational research; Qualitative research; Quantitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960642861     PISSN: 19348835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/19348831111149204     Document Type: Article

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