The gendering of organizational research methods: Evidence of gender patterns in qualitative research

Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-82

  Plowman, Donde Ashmos ^a   Smith, Anne D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic staff; Gender; Qualitative research; Research methods; Serials

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960804924     PISSN: 13555855     EISSN: 17584248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17465641111129399     Document Type: Article

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