A Critical Approach to Interviewing Academic Elites: Access, Trust, and Power

IF 1.1 3区社会学 Q2 ANTHROPOLOGY

Field Methods Pub Date : 2022-09-27 DOI:10.1177/1525822X221114226

Yali Liu, L. Buckingham

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Abstract

To date, research on elite interviews has primarily focused on political or business settings in European and Anglo-American contexts. In this study, we examine the procedures involved in conducting elite interviews in academic settings, drawing on fieldwork with 53 senior scholars at 10 universities across five regions of northern China. We provide a detailed, critically reflective account of strategies to gain access, develop trust, and manage the power imbalance. Our account reveals the importance of the researcher’s professional identity in gaining participants’ trust and determining adequate forms of reciprocity.

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采访学术精英的关键方法:接触、信任和权力

迄今为止，关于精英面试的研究主要集中在欧洲和英美背景下的政治或商业环境。在本研究中，我们考察了在学术环境中进行精英访谈所涉及的程序，借鉴了对中国北方五个地区10所大学的53名高级学者的实地调查。我们提供了一个详细的，批判性反思的策略，以获得访问，建立信任，并管理权力不平衡。我们的描述揭示了研究人员的职业身份在获得参与者信任和确定适当形式的互惠方面的重要性。

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2.70

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5.90%

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