Seeking Qualitative Rigor in Inductive Research: Notes on the Gioia Methodology

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-31

  Gioia, Dennis A ^a   Corley, Kevin G ^b   Hamilton, Aimee L ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

grounded theory; inductive research; new concept development; qualitative rigor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873639987     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: 15527425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428112452151     Document Type: Article

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