Screen LibraryMethod in the madness : research stories you won't find in textbooks /
Method in the Madness is presented as a companion to researchers investigating the complex world of work. Rather than a 'How to' text on performing research, this book presents a record of experiences. Research so often evolves in the field or the planning stages and a successful researche...
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Chandos,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | 2009. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781843344933 |
| Summary: |
Method in the Madness is presented as a companion to researchers investigating the complex world of work. Rather than a 'How to' text on performing research, this book presents a record of experiences. Research so often evolves in the field or the planning stages and a successful researcher need to be aware of serendipitous opportunities as they arise and how to solve problems as they occur. The book comprises an introduction written by the editors followed by thirteen chapters written by different contributors. The introduction draws together the disparate experiences that follow and discusses the ways in which the contributors, all of whom are respected researchers, dealt with and learned from the research experience. In the following chapters, the contributors describe and reflect on the research process, the challenges they met during their research and the lessons learned. The style varies, but includes narratives, anecdotes and descriptions of individuals' experiences as research was designed and carried out and the results generated. Presents twelve chapters of research experiences where the researcher learnt more about performing research whilst 'in the field' than they did from prescriptive textsRepresents a fresh and accessible look at research and research methods. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 214 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
1843344939 9781843344933 9781780630120 1780630123 |
| Index Number: | H62 |
| CLC: | C3 |
| Contents: |
Serendipity and flexibility in social science research : meeting the unexpected / There are ways and then there are ways : conducting research in social settings in Japan / "On the mop floor" : researching employment relations in the hidden world of commercial cleaning / Drinking with Dessie : research, mines and life in the Pilbara / Combating information suspicion : Guiness, sports and glassblowing / What lies beneath : the pleasures, pain and possibilities of focus groups / Looking through the haze of discontent : smokers as a data source / Interviewing men : reading more than the transcripts / Establishing rapport : using quantitative and qualitative methods in tandem / Wrong way, go back! : negotiating access in industry-based research / A sporting chance : workplace ethnographies, ethics protocols and playin by the rules / Sitting on the wall in Northumberland crying : semi-structured interviews / Researching train-based working / A story about being engaged in research : buzzing bees, small business and Australian unfair dismissal laws / Lessons learnt from this madness / |