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Methodology for close up studies - struggling with closeness and closure

Author

Summary, in English

The paper critically reviews some themes and methods within qualitative research and argues for self-ethnography as an approach to study universities and other settings which the researcher is highly familiar with, and has direct access to. Advantages and disadvantages are discussed. In particular the struggle between utilizing closeness to empirically rich situations and avoid the closure following from being ( staying) native is highlighted. Some ideas for self-ethnographic work in organization studies are developed.

Publishing year

2003

Language

English

Pages

167-193

Publication/Series

Higher Education

Volume

46

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Business Administration

Keywords

  • higher education qualitative
  • ethnography
  • de-familiarization
  • organizational research
  • methodology

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1573-174X