Problematising access: reflections on ethnography in a bureaucratic organisation

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Journal of Organizational Ethnography Pub Date : 2023-03-14 DOI:10.1108/joe-06-2022-0012

Nikkie Buskermolen

引用次数: 1

Abstract

PurposeThe article aims to explore the methodological implications of gaining access into a bureaucratic organisation for an ethnographic research project. It broadens the understanding of this crucial part of ethnographic research and problematises the notion of access by questioning the view of access as an official, singular and straightforward moment prior to fieldwork.Design/methodology/approachThe article is based on 10 months of ethnographic fieldwork at the office of a Dutch health insurance company.FindingsIn this article, the author shows that research in a bureaucratic setting requires a deep level of reflexivity especially in order to maintain access and deepen the relationships in the field.Originality/valueThe study of bureaucratic organisations is a relatively new field of investigation for anthropologists and is becoming more popular. The question of how to study these types of organisations in terms of access has not yet been fully addressed through an ethnographical lens.

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准入问题：对官僚组织中民族志的思考

目的本文旨在探讨进入官僚组织进行民族志研究项目的方法学意义。它拓宽了对人种学研究这一关键部分的理解，并通过质疑访问作为实地调查前的官方、独特和直接时刻的观点，使访问的概念成为问题。设计/方法论/方法本文基于在荷兰一家健康保险公司办公室进行的为期10个月的民族志实地调查。发现在这篇文章中，作者表明，在官僚环境中进行研究需要深层次的反思性，尤其是为了保持访问权限和加深该领域的关系。独创性/价值对人类学家来说，对官僚组织的研究是一个相对较新的调查领域，并且越来越受欢迎。如何从准入角度研究这些类型的组织的问题尚未通过人种学的视角得到充分解决。

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Journal of Organizational Ethnography MANAGEMENT-

CiteScore

1.90

自引率

37.50%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Organizational Ethnography (JOE) has been launched to provide an opportunity for scholars, from all social and management science disciplines, to publish over two issues: -high-quality articles from original ethnographic research that contribute to the current and future development of qualitative intellectual knowledge and understanding of the nature of public and private sector work, organization and management -review articles examining the history and development of the contribution of ethnography to qualitative research in social, organization and management studies -articles examining the intellectual, pedagogical and practical use-value of ethnography in organization and management research, management education and management practice, or which extend, critique or challenge past and current theoretical and empirical knowledge claims within one or more of these areas of interest -articles on ethnographically informed research relating to the concepts of organization and organizing in any other wider social and cultural contexts.