Examining the potential of combining the methods of grounded theory and narrative inquiry: A comparative analysis

Qualitative Report

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 2012, Pages

  Lal, Shalini ^a   Suto, Melinda ^a   Ungar, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Combined methodological approaches; Grounded theory; Mixed methods; Multiple methods; Narrative inquiry; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870265705     PISSN: 10520147     EISSN: 21603715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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