Developing ontological theories for conceptual models using qualitative research

Qualitative Research in IT and IT in Qualitative Research: Challenges for Qualitative Research, QualIT 2005 - 2005 Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Recker, Jan ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL MODELLING; ONTOLOGICAL MODELLING; ONTOLOGICAL MODELS; ONTOLOGICAL THEORIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS; REFERENCE SYSTEMS; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS;

ONTOLOGY; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

RESEARCH;

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