Qualitative Research and Theory Development: Mystery as Method
- ISBN-10
- 0857023241
- ISBN-13
- 9780857023247
- Category
- Technology & Engineering
- Pages
- 132
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-05-25
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Authors
- Mats Alvesson, Dan Karreman
Description
Encouraging readers to take a critical approach to empirical data, the authors provide an account that helps social science researchers to develop new and interesting theories.
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