Doing Work Based Research
Approaches to Enquiry for Insider-Researchers
- Carol Costley - University of Middlesex
- Geoffrey C Elliott - University of Worcester, UK
- Paul Gibbs - University of Middlesex
The authors explore the implications of these research contexts, and discuss approaches and methodologies that work based researchers might adopt, with a particular focus on ethics - one of the key concerns for those undertaking a research project of this type.
This book is an authoritative and readable guide to the theory and practice of work based research. It is for anyone undertaking a research project based on work practice, including learners on postgraduate, undergraduate and doctoral programmes. Practitioners, managers and participants in work based courses or modules in education, healthcare and business management, will find it particularly useful.
An excellent, easy to read and very practical text for students and health care practitioners who are contemplating undertaking research in their own work place environment.
Considering the effects of being the researcher from the "inside" is well constructed within the text and will enable researchers to be reflexive in facing the many challenges such research can bring.
Serious and well-written for practice-based researchers
A really good text for part-time MBA students researching within their employing organizations. Covers some key issues in a lively and accessible way without being superficial.
