Best practices in developing, conducting, and evaluating inductive research

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 255-264

  Woo, Sang Eun ^a   O'Boyle, Ernest H ^b   Spector, Paul E ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 84996504350     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2016.08.004     Document Type: Editorial

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