Accommodating an autoethnographic PhD: The tale of the thesis, the viva voce, and the traditional business school

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 582-615

  Doloriert, Clair ^a   Sambrook, Sally ^b  

^a CENTRUM CATÓLICA GRADUATE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Peru)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

autoethnography; bounded discretion; PhD thesis; quality criteria; viva voce

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052494658     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: 15525414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241610387135     Document Type: Article

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