Qualitative Research Journal: Volume 13 Issue 3

The Googled ethnographer

Sue Saltmarsh

– The purpose of this paper is to consider how researcher positionality is reconfigured by internet use.

Ethnographic performance and its flexibility in researching a traditional healing system in southern Thailand

Dusanee Suwankhong, Pranee Liamputtong

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the experience of carrying out an ethnographic research in the real world with six different participant groups from different backgrounds…

Toward a model of purposeful participant inclusion: examining deselection as a participant risk

Dayna Jean DeFeo

The purpose of this paper is to explore purposive approaches to participant selection and to consider how deselecting qualified participants from research studies, particularly in…

Methods in focus group interviews in cross-cultural settings

Margaret Clare Kitchen

The purpose of this paper is to focus on empowering migrant voices. While many write about researchers struggling to be more ethical, few write about specific methods that might…

The vulnerable researcher: facing the challenges of sensitive research

Emma Sherry

Based upon a six-year research study with a community street soccer programme, the purpose of this paper is to focus on the different faces of the researcher undertaking sensitive…

A grounded theory analysis of corporate governance in Egyptian banking

Mohamed Karim Sorour, Kerry E. Howell

The purpose of this paper is to investigate corporate governance (CG) practices of banking organizations in Egypt and seeks to understand the extent these can be considered…