Using photographs to research organizations: Evidence, considerations, and application in a field study

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 288-315

  Ray, Joshua L ^a   Smith, Anne D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

photo elicitation; photographic research methods; qualitative research; visual methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863269128     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: 15527425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428111431110     Document Type: Article

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