Ethical Issues in Insider-Outsider Research
This item is not available in full-text via OUR Archive.
If you are the author of this item, please contact us if you wish to discuss making the full text publicly available.
Cite this item:
Toy-Cronin, B. (2018). Ethical issues in insider-outsider research. In R. Iphofen & M. Tolich (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of qualitative research ethics. (pp. 455-469). London, UK: SAGE.
Permanent link to OUR Archive version:
http://hdl.handle.net/10523/9073
Abstract:
A substantial literature has developed within the humanities and social sciences about ‘insider research.’ This article considers the advantages (including greater access, understanding and rapport) and disadvantages (lack of critical distance, subjectivity and bias) of conducting insider research. The author discusses ethical issues that can arise when an insider of any type conducts a qualitative study. The article concludes that, while it is not possible to anticipate all ethical issues at the outset of a project, it is possible to anticipate and consider how relationships might change, how the identity of participants can be protected and how the complexity of the group role versus the research role might be navigated.
Date:
2018
Editor:
Iphofen, R; Tolich, M
Publisher:
SAGE Publishing
Pages:
455-469
Keywords:
Ethical Issues; Qualitative Research; Research Methods
Research Type:
Chapter in Book
Languages:
English
Collections
- Book Chapter [107]
- Law Collection [483]