ON USING INFORMANTS: A TECHNIQUE FOR COLLECTING QUANTITATIVE DATA AND CONTROLLING MEASUREMENT ERROR IN ORGANIZATION ANALYSIS.
Reviewing recent developments in the study of organizations and in the use of informants, this piper notes the compatibility of both and the need for further refinements. As an example, it presents methods used in a study of authority conflict in 136 Catholic dioceses in America. These include princ...
| Publicado en: | American Sociological Review Vol. 39; no. 6; pp. 816 - 832 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Dec74
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