Using a Reflexive Process to Investigate Organizational Change: The Use of the Research Spider Matrix

Ardis Hanson1, Krystal Bullers1, Allison M Howard1

  • 1Hinks and Elaine Shimberg Health Sciences Library, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA.

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