Style composition in action research publication

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 347-363

  Mathiassen, Lars ^a   Chiasson, Mike ^b   Germonprez, Matt ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Action research; Journal publication; Research methodology; Style composition

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ACTION RESEARCH; DEDUCTIVE REASONING; JOURNAL PUBLICATION; PROBLEM-SOLVING METHODS; RESEARCH COMMUNICATION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES; STYLE COMPOSITIONS; THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT;

PUBLISHING;

EID: 84864915737     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: 21629730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/41703459     Document Type: Review

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