Longing to belong

Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 242-257

  Butcher, Tim ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Belonging; Ethnographic fieldwork; Habitus; Identity; Nostalgia; Postcolonial

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992978510     PISSN: 17465648     EISSN: 17465656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/QROM-05-2012-1065     Document Type: Article

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