Progressive Focusing and Trustworthiness in Qualitative Research: The Enabling Role of Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software (CAQDAS)

Management International Review

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 817-845

  Sinkovics, Rudolf R ^a   Alfoldi, Eva A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CAQDAS; Emic and etic perspectives; Nonlinearity; Progressive focusing; Qualitative research; Trustworthiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869174313     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-012-0140-5     Document Type: Article

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