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The task of understanding the relationship between the quality of work and the quality of life in a changing Europe and testing the theoretical model described in Chapter 2 required a variety of data to be collected, from a variety of different sources (e.g. survey data, secondary data, interviews, innovation groups and scenarios). All these data were analysed in order to acquire a full and comprehensive understanding of the quality of work and life. We believe that the multi-method approach used here greatly increases the reliability of our findings. This chapter provides detailed information on our data and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the various data sources.
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© 2011 Tanja van der Lippe, Stefan Szücs, Sonja Drobnič and Leila Billquist
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van der Lippe, T., Szücs, S., Drobnič, S., Billquist, L. (2011). Data and Methods. In: Bäck-Wiklund, M., van der Lippe, T., den Dulk, L., Doorne-Huiskes, A. (eds) Quality of Life and Work in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230299443_4
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