Dialogical action research at Omega Corporation

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 507-536

  Mårtensson, Pär ^a   Lee, Allen S ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action research; Case studies; Phenomenology; Qualitative research; Research methods

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ACTION RESEARCH; CASE STUDIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH METHODS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 9744264932     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25148648     Document Type: Article

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