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This free course was written by Jacqueline Baxter and Sanjay Gandhi. It was first published in April 2021.
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Introduction: qimono / Pixabay
Section 1, Figure 1: Tietze, S. (2012) ‘Researching your own organization’, in Symon, G. and Cassell, C. (eds) Qualitative Organizational Research: Core Methods and Current Challenges, London, Sage
Section 2, Figure 2: Adapted from online.visual-paradigm.com/
Section 4: Sergey Nivens / shutterstock
Section 4.1: RamCreativ / iStock / Getty Images Plus
Section 5: Dmitrii Balabanov / 123rf.com
Section 5.1, Table 3: Adapted from Bryman, Bell & Harley (2019), Business Research Methods, Chapter 14, Secondary Analysis and Official Statistics, pg 298, Table 14.1,Oxford University Press
Section 6, top image: Jirapong Manustrong / shutterstock
Section 6, Figure 7: Adapted from Bryman, Bell & Harley (2019), Business Research Methods, Oxford University Press
Section 7: RF._.studio / Pexels
Section 7.3: WiP-Studio / Shutterstock
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