Troubling theory in case study research

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 393-405

  Hammersley, Martyn ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

case study; causation; explanation; higher education research; theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861533593     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2011.631517     Document Type: Article

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