... space and narrative theory, followed by an exploration of our methodology. Subsequently, we present our findings and main project narratives, interpreting these narratives in the discussion section before concluding our study. Conducting at-home ethnography (AHE), we studied a setting to which...

...David Andrew Vickers Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the ethicality, morality and partiality of at-home ethnography (AHE) through an account of organisational wrongdoing at a chemical plant. Design/methodology/approach The paper utilises an AHE example from an 18-month period...

...Letizia Caronia Purpose The purpose of this paper is to consider “at home ethnography” and “abroad ethnography” not as labels standing for different kinds of fieldwork “out there” but rather as the poles of a continuum identifying the ethnographer’s situated, relative and ever changing epistemic...

... at: tobias.malm@edu.su.se 15 11 2017 29 03 2018 13 04 2018 13 04 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Research process Organization studies At-home ethnography Breaking out Practitioner-self Rock band...

...Boukje Cnossen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to nuance the idea of natural access proposed by Mats Alvesson in his description of at-home ethnography, and to offer a performative view of Alvesson’s suggestion that, in at-home ethnography, the ethnographer must work with “the processual...

...Adriana Angela Suarez Delucchi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to problematise the idea of “at-home ethnography” and to expand knowledge about insider/outsider distinctions by using insights from institutional ethnography (IE). It also examines the strengths and challenges of “returning...

...Boris H.J.M. Brummans; Jennie M. Hwang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to question and reflect on the spatial metaphors that inform Mats Alvesson’s (2009) conception of an organizational home in his description of at-home ethnography. (Cultural) hybridity is proposed as an alternative...

...Markus Gottwald; Frank Sowa; Ronald Staples Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a specific case of at-home ethnography, or insider research: The German Public Employment Service (BA) commissioned its own research institute (Institute for Employment Research (Institut für Arbeitsmarkt...