Researching the researcher-as-instrument: An exercise in interviewer self-reflexivity

Qualitative Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 165-185

  Pezalla, Anne E ^a   Pettigrew, Jonathan ^a   Miller Day, Michelle ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

interviewing; qualitative research; researcher as instrument; researcher reflexivity; team based research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859296561     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: 17413109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794111422107     Document Type: Article

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