Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Case Studies: An Approach to Theory Building

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 522-556

  Hoon, Christina ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

qualitative case study research; research synthesis; synthesis of knowledge; theory building

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883437456     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: 15527425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428113484969     Document Type: Article

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