Employing a grounded theory approach for MIS research

Handbook of Research on Contemporary Theoretical Models in Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 34-56

  Gasson, Susan ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-659-4.ch003     Document Type: Chapter

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