Beyond the Research/Service Dichotomy

Ellingson, Laura L.; Quinlan, Margaret M.

doi:10.1525/qcr.2012.1.3.385

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“…We need to create forums for continuing conversations to help each other process difficult research experiences and to learn from one another’s experiences. 5 Moreover, we believe that as a discipline we need to get out of our narrow and confined views of what counts as scholarship (see Boyer, 1990) to recognize the value of, and the need for, doing research in these contexts, even if they are viewed as “difficult,” “dangerous,” or “vulnerable.” We must reward innovative work that has greater potential to affect change in DDV contexts as much as we do “safe studies” that produce multiple publications (see Ellingson & Quinlan, 2012).…”

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Conducting Research in Difficult, Dangerous, and/or Vulnerable Contexts: Messy Narratives From the Field

Peterson

Albu

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et al. 2021

Management Communication Quarterly

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Organizational communication scholars have historically conducted research in large for-profit businesses, governmental agencies, and a few high-profile nonprofits/NGOs—all of which are relatively easy to access and presumably “safe” to study. It is largely unsurprising, then, that limited scholarship addresses the challenges associated with conducting research in less standard contexts that are often perceived to be difficult, dangerous, and/or vulnerable (DDV). In this forum, we offer lived stories—unfiltered messy narratives—to demystify three core ethical challenges inherent in conducting research of this nature and share how we (imperfectly) navigated them. In addition, we offer practical strategies for conducting research in DDV contexts. Taken together, our overall collective aim is to successfully prepare future scholars to conduct research projects in DDV contexts.

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Section: Paths Forwardmentioning

confidence: 99%