Negotiating insider research through reactive collaboration: challenges, issues and failures

Snellgrove, M. and Punch, S. (2022) Negotiating insider research through reactive collaboration: challenges, issues and failures. Qualitative Research Journal, 22(4), pp. 548-558. (doi: 10.1108/QRJ-11-2021-0116)

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Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to highlight the ways in which reactive researcher collaboration helps to manage some of the challenges present in insider research. Design/methodology/approach: Employing (auto)biographical reflections from across two different case-studies, the authors explore the ways in which reactive collaboration is enmeshed with issues associated with researching the familiar in a marketized university environment. Findings: The authors develop the term “reactive collaboration” to explore the ways in which insider research projects have to deal with a range of challenges from within their own research community. Reactive collaboration is as much about insider research solidarity as it is with reacting to anticipated and unanticipated events during the research process (and how inside researchers do and do not deal with them). Reactive collaboration highlights the successes as well as the failures of insider researchers negotiating complex research situations. Originality/value: The authors show how reactive collaboration occurs in challenging research environments, including the joys, sorrows and failures. The authors argue that the challenges and benefits of insider research can be helpfully crystalised through reactive collaboration.

Item Type:Articles
Keywords:Insider research, collaborative research, reactive collaboration, researcher familiarity.
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Snellgrove, Dr Miriam
Authors: Snellgrove, M., and Punch, S.
Subjects:H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
College/School:College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Sociology Anthropology and Applied Social Sciences
Journal Name:Qualitative Research Journal
Journal Abbr.:QRJ
Publisher:Emerald
ISSN:1443-9883
ISSN (Online):1448-0980
Published Online:11 July 2022
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited
First Published:First published in Qualitative Research Journal 22(4): 548-558
Publisher Policy:Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy

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