Ethical confessions of the “I” of autoethnography: The student's dilemma

Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-45

  Doloriert, Clair ^a   Sambrook, Sally ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethics; Individual psychology; Personality; Research work; Self actualization; Theses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992974922     PISSN: 17465648     EISSN: 17465656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17465640910951435     Document Type: Article

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