Negotiating Power

The Relational Factors of Vulnerability, Trust, and Patience in Learning Critical Qualitative Research

Bibliographic Data

ID21205988
AuthorsKaren Campbell (0000-0002-4499-3396), Karen A Campbell (0000-0002-5318-5112), Corinne Hart
Year2018
Volume11
Issue4
Pages394-412
Publication date2018-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Review of Qualitative Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1940-8447 • E-ISSN: 1940-8455
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1525/irqr.2018.11.4.394
OpenAlexW2914243493
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited20

Learning to do qualitative research that is grounded in a critical perspective can be a turbulent time for graduate students and supervisors. The influence of power is omnipresent and can create significant problems for graduate student experiences. This article uses the graduate thesis research experience of one student and supervisor dyad to highlight the relational factors that we found to support learning: vulnerability, trust, and patience. For our dyad, negotiating the power structures surrounding us was one strategy that helped foster the development of a critical qualitative researcher. The relational factors that characterized our student-supervisor relationship, similar to those in the critical qualitative research process, provided a basis for discussion and growth through a graduate thesis in a nursing program

Dyad · Management · Negotiation · Patience · Pedagogy · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Supervisor · Computer Science · Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions · Evaluation of Teaching Practices · Higher Education Practises and Engagement · Psychology · Social Psychology