Experiences of an insider researcher - interviewing your own colleagues.

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2021-09-09 Epub Date: 2021-06-17 DOI:10.7748/nr.2021.e1794

Gemma Elizabeth Aburn, Merryn Gott, Karen Hoare

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Abstract

Background: The literature has described researching people you know or being an 'insider' researcher in a variety of settings. However, the literature has largely focused on the challenges and risks associated with researching in your own community, and has neglected to articulate the benefits for research studies and participants.

Aim: To summarise the literature looking at the role of the insider researcher and explore reflections about insider research made by participants in a constructionist grounded theory study.

Discussion: This article reflects on the participant-researcher relationship in a grounded theory study exploring staff experiences of working in children's blood and cancer centres in New Zealand. It uses participants' reflections to further the discussion of the benefits of being an insider researcher, in the context of interviewing your own colleagues.

Conclusion: The challenges of being an insider researcher include the potential for power differentials in relationships with participants, the risk of assumed understanding and the challenge for the researcher of managing emotional burden. These challenges can be minimised by writing reflective memos throughout the research. The benefits of being an insider researcher include the ability to rapidly develop rapport with participants, and participation as a cathartic and therapeutic process for participants.

Implications for practice: Reflective practice is critical and essential when undertaking nursing research as an insider researcher.

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内部研究人员的经验-采访你自己的同事。

背景:文献描述了在各种环境中研究你认识的人或成为“内幕”研究者。然而，文献主要集中在与你自己的社区研究相关的挑战和风险上，而忽略了阐明研究研究和参与者的好处。目的:总结有关内部人研究者角色的文献，并探讨参与者在建构主义理论研究中对内部人研究的思考。讨论:这篇文章反映了参与者-研究者的关系在一个接地理论研究探索工作人员的经验在儿童血液和癌症中心在新西兰。它利用参与者的反思，在采访自己的同事的背景下，进一步讨论作为一名内部研究人员的好处。结论:作为一名内部研究人员的挑战包括与参与者关系中的潜在权力差异，假设理解的风险以及研究人员管理情绪负担的挑战。这些挑战可以通过在整个研究过程中撰写反思性备忘录来最小化。作为一名内部研究人员的好处包括能够迅速与参与者建立融洽的关系，并将参与作为参与者的宣泄和治疗过程。对实践的影响:反思性实践是至关重要的，当从事护理研究作为一个内部研究员。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.