Vulnerability and Emotions in Research: Risks, Dilemmas, and Doubts

Qualitative Inquiry

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 741-750

  emerald, elke ^a   Carpenter, Lorelei ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

autoethnography; emotional data; emotional labor; emotionally sensed knowledge; vulnerable researcher

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941281580     PISSN: 10778004     EISSN: 15527565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077800414566688     Document Type: Article

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