Action research: A new exploration of its two masters

QualIT 2007 - Qualitative Research: From the Margins to the Mainstream

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Darroch, Fiona ^a   Toleman, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic practitioner relationship divide; Action research; Dual focus; IS crisis

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC-PRACTITIONER RELATIONSHIP DIVIDE; ACTION RESEARCH; DUAL-FOCUS; IS CRISIS; OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84883120112     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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