Mixed methods use in project management research

Project Management Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 90-104

  Cameron, Roslyn ^a   Sankaran, Shankar ^b   Scales, Jeffery ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

mixed methods research; project management; research designs; research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961360550     PISSN: 87569728     EISSN: 19389507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pmj.21484     Document Type: Article

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