Conceptualizing generalizability: New contributions and a reply

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 749-761

  Lee, Allen S ^a   Baskerville, Richard L ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Philosophical approach; Philosophy; Reference theory; Research approach; Type of theory

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACHES; PHILOSOPHY; REFERENCE THEORY; RESEARCH APPROACH; TYPE OF THEORIES;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

EID: 84864912334     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: 21629730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/41703479     Document Type: Review

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