Guiding the use of grounded theory in doctoral studies - An example from the australian film industry

International Journal of Doctoral Studies

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 95-114

  Jones, Michael ^a   Alony, Irit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Grounded theory; Knowledge management; Qualitative methods; Research methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866261659     PISSN: 15568881     EISSN: 15568873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.28945/1429     Document Type: Article

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