A critical reflective discourse of an interventionist research project

Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-70

  Roberts, Hanno ^a   Westin, Olle ^a   Dumay, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intellectual capital; Narratives; Research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993019226     PISSN: 11766093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/11766091011034271     Document Type: Article

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