Profiling grounded theory approaches in information systems research

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 119-129

  Matavire, Rangarirai ^a   Brown, Irwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

grounded theory methodology; IS research methodology

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

GROUNDED THEORY; GROUNDED THEORY APPROACH; IS RESEARCHES; MIXED METHOD;

INFORMATION USE;

EID: 84870274958     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2011.35     Document Type: Article

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