Doing the Right Thing or Doing the Thing Right

Thorpe, Andrea S.

doi:10.1177/1094428114524828

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“…We believe that interviewing, just like many other subjects, has specificities that depend on the context, and that the production of good qualitative research based on interviews relies on much more than just interviewing skills (King and Horrocks, 2010). This paper is in line with the work of others (Bourne and Jenkins, 2005;Dundon and Ryan, 2009;Durrani and Rajagopal, 2016;Oostrom et al, 2015;Thorpe, 2014) that, as us, are trying to contextualize the broad meaning of interviewing.…”

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The specificities of interviewing in China

Oliveira

Figueira

2018

Qualitative Mrkt Res: An Int J

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to guide future researchers and practitioners into the process of interviewing in the Chinese context.Design/methodology/approach -The methodology used is an empirical critical reflection. Findings -The authors identified 11 major themes such as how to get an interview, antecedents of the interview, building rapport, complexity, language, interview settings, interview procedure, stages, probing and sensitive topics, selection of respondents and post-interview.Research limitations/implications -The location of the interviews. Practical implications -Guide foreigner researchers and managers on how to conduct interviews in China.Social implications -The context matters, and only with a specific approach some can perform well and achieve the interview objectives. Doing so, the researcher or practitioner will not create situations that might be problematic for her/him and the interviewee. Based on the above, the authors' research decreases potential social tensions that interview situations can create.Originality/value -To the best of the authors' knowledge, no other researcher has studied the specificities of interviewing in China, which brings originality and value to the authors' research.

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Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 67%

The specificities of interviewing in China

Oliveira

Figueira

2018

Qualitative Mrkt Res: An Int J

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“…Participant withdrawal poses multiple methodological and ethical challenges adversely affecting the research timeline (Thorpe, 2014). We found two reasons for participant withdrawal.…”

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Exploring unheard voices: Best practices in interviewing women prosumers in Indian subsistence contexts

Jagadale

Krisjanous

2022

Journal of Consumer Affairs

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A growing body of literature is focused on subsistence markets and how marketing interventions can increase well‐being for those whose daily existence is a struggle to ensure access to necessities of life. To understand the lifeworld of those living at the subsistence level, interviews are favored as a data collection tool. This methodological paper examines interviewing in the subsistence context with a focus on women whose lived experiences are affected by the intersection of gender, power imbalance, and culture. The study context is India. Specifically, we draw upon data from three previous author‐conducted academic studies and conduct a reflective analysis that leads to a series of reflections and recommendations for the interview process. This paper calls for more work to be done in the area and raises the need for a new research paradigm rather than reliance on western‐oriented approaches that may not fit the context.

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“…In this regard, Kaiser (2009) proposes a standardized post-interview confidentiality and consent form signed by every participant at the end of data collection, primarily to extend conversation beyond the initial consent form. One of the demerits of post-data collection consent is when key participants re-consider that their data already collected and analysed should no longer be part of the study (Thorpe, 2014). This raises ethical dilemma in terms of options such as continuing the study without data that is withdrawn or discontinuing the study.…”

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Seven Snags of Research Ethics on the Qualitative Research Voyage

Kanyangale¹

2019

IBR

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Responsible researchers with ethically sound research skills are fundamental to success in an ever-changing business and social world. Embedding ethics into research by students seems to be intuitively easy given tight, standardized ethical guidelines and rigorous ethical approval process in the university. In reality, there are Masters and PhD research students who feel ill-prepared when they encounter ethical ambiguities and complexities in the field which are unique, beyond what they had foreseen at the outset of a qualitative inquiry or were prescribed, advised and forewarned by a research ethics committee (REC). The aim of this conceptual paper is to discuss seven pitfalls of research ethics in a qualitative research voyage in order to educate and sensitize current and prospective research students. The seven pitfalls are: (1) complexity and ambiguity of informed consent; (2) embedding informed consent as a process rather than an event; (3) navigating the moral conundrum of unintentional disclosure; (4) dealing with deductive disclosure; (5) dialectic between participant`s desire for recognition and greater confidentiality; (6) researcher role conflict and (7) difficulty of embedding researcher reflexivity. The paper concludes that only research students who are ethically literate and actively reflexive in the entire research process are more likely to know whenever they encounter ethical pitfalls, deal with them properly; and ultimately entrench relevant skills to conduct ethically sound research. Highlighted are implications for research educators to develop research competence of current and future researchers. Responsible researchers with ethically sound research skills are fundamental to success in an ever-changing business and social world. Embedding ethics into research by students seems to be intuitively easy given tight, standardized ethical guidelines and rigorous ethical approval process in the university. In reality, there are Masters and PhD research students who feel ill-prepared when they encounter ethical ambiguities and complexities in the field which are unique, beyond what they had foreseen at the outset of a qualitative inquiry or were prescribed, advised and forewarned by a research ethics committee (REC). The aim of this conceptual paper is to discuss seven pitfalls of research ethics in a qualitative research voyage in order to educate and sensitize current and prospective research students. The seven pitfalls are: (1) complexity and ambiguity of informed consent; (2) embedding informed consent as a process rather than an event; (3) navigating the moral conundrum of unintentional disclosure; (4) dealing with deductive disclosure; (5) dialectic between participant`s desire for recognition and greater confidentiality; (6) researcher role conflict and (7) difficulty of embedding researcher reflexivity. The paper concludes that only research students who are ethically literate and actively reflexive in the entire research process are more likely to know whenever they encounter ethical pitfalls, deal with them properly; and ultimately entrench relevant skills to conduct ethically sound research. Highlighted are implications for research educators to develop research competence of current and future researchers.

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Doing the Right Thing or Doing the Thing Right

Cited by 16 publications

References 78 publications

The specificities of interviewing in China

The specificities of interviewing in China

Exploring unheard voices: Best practices in interviewing women prosumers in Indian subsistence contexts

Seven Snags of Research Ethics on the Qualitative Research Voyage

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