Language and communication in cross-cultural qualitative research

Social Indicators Research Series

Volumn 34, Issue , 2008, Pages 21-33

  Hennink, Monique M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural broker; Cultural interpretation; Epistemology and research paradigm; Knowledge generation; Language and communication; Methodological challenge; Qualitative inquiry; Rigour and reliability; Translator

Indexed keywords

EID: 85200453797     PISSN: 13876570     EISSN: 22150099     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8567-3_2     Document Type: Chapter

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