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Research methods for studying multilingual information management: an empirical investigation

Abstract

This chapter presents the findings of a study undertaken to apply the research framework and model devised and investigate the adoption of ICT by translators. Thus, the analysis of the collected data over the two stages of the study provided a comprehensive view of what the information and technology-related needs of this community of practice are.

Keywords

ICT adoption
CAT tools
web resources
Internet usage
quantitative research
qualitative research
descriptive findings
empirical research

“Cross-disciplinary research, […] requires familiarity with measuring techniques in more than one discipline.”

(Oppenheim, 1992, p. 7)

In order ...

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