Taylor, Michael (2023) Power, Participants and Pandemics – steering a reciprocal path through research methods. Hillary Place Papers (8).
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Abstract
This paper explores the need to consider reciprocity and power dynamics when working with human parƟcipants.
It classifies the potential costs to participants in research and how researchers can engage in acts of reciprocity to miƟgate these and leave participants with a net benefit from participating in research. Using my own PhD research involving interviews with school professionals and naƟonal policy influencers, it offers an example of how these consideraƟons may be employed, parƟcularly during the Ɵme of extreme pressure placed on these participants from the COVID-19 pandemic. Through this paper, I highlight questions about how researchers might consider the power dynamic within interview research and offer suggestions of how this might be considered when planning to conduct interviews honestly, ethically and in a mutually beneficial way.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Faculty / Department: | Faculty of Education and Social Sciences > School of Education |
| Depositing User: | Mike Taylor |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Feb 2024 12:28 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Nov 2024 10:50 |
| URI: | https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/4136 |
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