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First you have to get outside: reflections on the ecological location of qualitative fieldwork

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First you have to get outside: reflections on the ecological location of qualitative fieldwork. / Whiteman, Gail.
In: Organization and Environment, Vol. 23, No. 2, 23, 06.2010, p. 119-131.

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Harvard

Whiteman, G 2010, 'First you have to get outside: reflections on the ecological location of qualitative fieldwork', Organization and Environment, vol. 23, no. 2, 23, pp. 119-131. https://doi.org/10.1177/1086026610368369

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Whiteman, G. (2010). First you have to get outside: reflections on the ecological location of qualitative fieldwork. Organization and Environment, 23(2), 119-131. Article 23. https://doi.org/10.1177/1086026610368369

Vancouver

Whiteman G. First you have to get outside: reflections on the ecological location of qualitative fieldwork. Organization and Environment. 2010 Jun;23(2):119-131. 23. doi: 10.1177/1086026610368369

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Whiteman, Gail. / First you have to get outside : reflections on the ecological location of qualitative fieldwork. In: Organization and Environment. 2010 ; Vol. 23, No. 2. pp. 119-131.

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