Action research and collaborative management research: More than meets the eye?

International Journal of Action Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-67

  Shani, A B Rami ^a,b   Coghlan, David ^c   Cirella, Stefano ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Action research; Collaborative management research; General empirical method

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858391901     PISSN: 18611303     EISSN: 18619916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1688/1861-9916_IJAR_2012_01_Shani     Document Type: Article

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