...Tanja D. Hendriks Purpose In this article, I answer the call to normalize and discuss how ethnographers navigate failure in the field by sharing my own experiences from long-term fieldwork in Malawi. I highlight, particularly, my own struggles with feelings of failure and the role of my...

... debates on methodology and fieldwork in particular. Originality/value While various scholars have commented on the role of “failure” in ethnographic research, an in-depth and sustained examination of the topic is lacking. Rafael Verbuyst can be contacted at: verbuystr@gmail.com 05 10 2022...

... such as “guanxi” in China. Such practices do not only shape organizational lives in those contexts, but also how organizational ethnographies are designed and carried out. Design/methodology/approach The data in this study are derived from field notes and the author’s reflections on the fieldwork...

... 01 2021 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Ethnography abroad Fieldwork Language barrier Outsider Foreign Cross-language research Ethnography is being increasingly used in organization and management studies (Brannan...

... The authors draw on their respective ethnographic fieldwork in the Danish and Swedish armed forces. Based on observations, participation and interviews in two military units, the analysis focuses on situations that rarely find their way into final research publications. These will be explored as analytically...

...Annika Lindberg; Tobias Georg Eule Purpose The article examines situations of unease during ethnographic fieldwork with migration control agents in Sweden, Denmark and Germany. It shows how these “tests” are both methodologically challenging and analytically valuable, and how they need...

...Signe Bruskin Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the fluidity of the fieldwork roles “insider” and “outsider.” The paper aims to move the discussion of insiders from an a priori categorized status and contribute to the literary insider–outsider debate by unfolding the micro process...

...Jessica Richards Purpose Gaining access to the research field has received much academic attention; however, the literature focusing on the changing and/or multiple roles that researchers adopt during fieldwork has at times been oversimplified. The purpose of this paper is to outline the multiple...

...Anna Kirkebæk Johansson Gosovic Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to developing the understanding and practice of fieldwork in familiar settings by expanding the literature on fieldworker identities. Design/methodology/approach Based on ethnographic fieldwork...

... organisation. 12 10 2016 15 11 2017 15 01 2018 25 01 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Methodology Theory Organization Fieldwork At-home ethnography Insider research Markus Gottwald is the corresponding...

...Barbara Czarniawska Purpose The purpose of this paper is to challenge some of the taken for granted assumptions of contemporary ethnographic practice by exploring reasons for fieldwork and the debt that is owed to those in the field. Design/methodology/approach Exploring traditional...

... inquiry, challenges the accepted view of the method and offers practical advice to researchers, teachers and students. Gideon Kunda can be contacted at: kunda@post.tau.ac.il © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Ethnography Interpretation Fieldwork Writing Research Biography...