Lessons learned from methodological triangulation in management research

Management Research News

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 345-357

  Jack, Eric P ^a   Raturi, Amitabh S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Management research; Operations management; Research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993069516     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409170610683833     Document Type: Article

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