Appropriate conceptualisation: The foundation of any solid quantitative research

Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 28-38

  Onen, David ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Concept; Conceptualisation; Dissertations; Operationalisation; Research; Variables

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010619590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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