Quality in research as “taking an attitude of inquiry”

Management Research News

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 368-380

  Macintosh, Robert ^a   Bonnet, Marc ^a   Marshall, Judi ^b   Reason, Peter ^b  

^a University of Bath ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992929416     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409170710746364     Document Type: Article

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