Qualitative middle-range research in operations management: The need for theory-driven empirical inquiry

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1003-1027

  Soltani, Ebrahim ^a   Ahmed, Pervaiz K ^b   Liao, Ying Ying ^c   Anosike, Paschal U ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c XI AN JIAOTONG LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Literature review; Methodology for operations management; Middle range theory; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904988489     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-11-2012-0486     Document Type: Review

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