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Method 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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Townsend, Keith, 1969-, Burgess, John (K. John)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Chandos, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Serendipity and flexibility in social science research : meeting the unexpected / Keith Townsend and John Burgess
  • There are ways and then there are ways : conducting research in social settings in Japan / Kaye Broadbent
  • "On the mop floor" : researching employment relations in the hidden world of commercial cleaning / Shaun Ryan
  • Drinking with Dessie : research, mines and life in the Pilbara / Brandon Ellem
  • Combating information suspicion : Guiness, sports and glassblowing / Paul Ryan and Tony Dundon
  • What lies beneath : the pleasures, pain and possibilities of focus groups / Barbara Pocock [and others]
  • Looking through the haze of discontent : smokers as a data source / Robin Price and Keith Townsend
  • Interviewing men : reading more than the transcripts / Barbara Pini
  • Establishing rapport : using quantitative and qualitative methods in tandem / Alan Felstead [and others]
  • Wrong way, go back! : negotiating access in industry-based research / Paula McDonald, Keith Townsend, and Jennifer Waterhouse
  • A sporting chance : workplace ethnographies, ethics protocols and playin by the rules / Jennifer Sappey
  • Sitting on the wall in Northumberland crying : semi-structured interviews / Vikki Abusidualghoul [and others]
  • Researching train-based working / Donald Hislop
  • A story about being engaged in research : buzzing bees, small business and Australian unfair dismissal laws / Rowena Barrett
  • Lessons learnt from this madness / Jennifer Sappey, Keith Townsend and John Burgess.