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European Journal of Information Systems Volume 20, 2011 - Issue 4: Including a Special Section on Kleinian Approach to Information Systems Research
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Focus groups and critical social IS research: how the choice of method can promote emancipation of respondents and researchers

Bernd Carsten StahlInformation Management, De Montfort University, The GatewayLeicesterU.K.Correspondence[email protected]
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Monica Chiarini TremblayDecision Sciences and Information Systems, Florida International UniversityMiamiFLU.S.A.View further author information
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Cynthia M LeRougeDecision Sciences/Information Technology Management, Saint Louis UniversitySaint LouisMOU.S.A.View further author information
Pages 378-394 | Received 09 Apr 2009, Accepted 29 Mar 2011, Published online: 19 Dec 2017

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