The validity of divergent grounded theory method

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 71-87

  Amsteus, Martin Nils ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Divergent; Grounded theory; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897690356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16094069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/160940691401300133     Document Type: Article

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