The intimate insider: Negotiating the ethics of friendship when doing insider research

Qualitative Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-22

  Taylor, Jodie ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ethnography; friendship; insider research; intimacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951691992     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: 17413109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794110384447     Document Type: Article

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