The Researcher Experience in Qualitative Research

by Susan Diemert Moch

• ISBN13: 9780761913412
• ISBN10: 0761913416
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-10-22
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
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Summary

'A thoughtful and comprehensive text that will serve to raise awareness among novice researchers as to the need for critical debate and reflection with regard to various aspects of the researcher experience' - Qualitative ResearchAimed at researchers across the disciplines, this book illustrates why and how researchers must consider their own place in the research act. Part One looks at the various populations and settings involved in research. Part Two considers ways in which the researcher experience can be processed, and the book concludes with a section on how the researcher experience can be reported.

Table of Contents

PART 1: Researcher Experiences With Various Populations and in Different Settings
Introduction: What About the Researcher Experience?	3	(4)
Susan Diemert Moch
Marie F. Gates
The Researcher Experience in Health Care Research	7	(6)
Susan Diemert Moch
Sensitive Issues in Life Story Research	13	(9)
Sheila K. Smith
The Researcher Experience in Health Care Research With Families	22	(13)
Marie F. Gates
Nancy R. Lackey
Qualitative Research Experience With a Community Focus	35	(19)
Joyce V. Zerwekh
Lee SmithBattle
Margaret Dickemper
Mary Ann Drake
Six Stories of Researcher Experience in Organizational Studies: Personal and Professional Insights	54	(23)
Kimberly D. Elsbach
PART 2: Processing the Researcher Experience
Processing the Researcher Experience Through Discussion	77	(6)
Susan Diemert Moch
Miriam E. Cameron
Processing Issues Related to Culture, Gender orientation, and Mentoring	83	(11)
Larry E. Simmons
Marie F. Gates
Teresa L. Thompson
Qualitative Researchers Working as Teams	94	(15)
Marie F. Gates
Pamela S. Hinds
On Being Part of the Audience	109	(18)
Richard L. Ochberg
PART 3: Reporting the Researcher Experience
The Research Experience as Described in Published Reports	127	(14)
Susan Diemert Moch
Suggestions for Reporting in Health Care Research	141	(5)
Susan Diemert Moch
Marie F. Gates
Lawyers, Lethal Weapons, and Ethnographic Authority: Reflections on Fieldwork for Gender Trials	146	(17)
Jennifer L. Pierce
The place of the personal and the Subjective in Religious Studies	163	(16)
Rita M. Gross
Index	179	(10)
About the Contributors	189