Liz Spencer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3660374 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Liz Spencer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Liz |
| FAMILY NAME | Spencer |
| SIGNATURE | SPENCER L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Essex |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 119 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Qualitative data analysis for applied policy research
Family, Friends, and Personal Communities: Changing Models‐in‐the‐Mind
Models‐in‐the‐minds about the proper and right way to be a true friend or to “do” family behavior may not necessarily fit lived experience, especially in cases where relationships become fused and distinctions between family and friend become blurred. We suggest the idea of a personal community—the microsocial world of significant others for any given individual—as a practical schema for capturing the set of relationships in which people are actu…
CHAPTER Four. Patterns of Friend-Making
Rethinking Friendship: Hidden Solidarities Today
From Aristotle to contemporary soap operas, friendship has always been a subject of fascination. But scholarly investigation of the broad social relevance of friendship has been neglected. Rethinking Friendship describes the varied nature of personal relationships today, and also locates friendship in contemporary debates about individualization and the supposed "collapse of community." Exploring friendships with partners and family as well as "f…
An evaluation of an innovative audiotape method for keeping social care staff up to date with the latest research findings
A small scale exploratory evaluation of an innovative way (using audiotapes) of keeping social care staff informed about research findings is described. The research was mainly qualitative in style, and explored (i) the extent to which the audiotapes raised knowledge about issues at an individual level, and (ii) subsequent changes in agency practice in terms of discussing and sharing literature‐based information over a period of several months. T…
Personal Communities: Not Simply Families of 'Fate' or 'Choice
Starting from a simple model of personal relationships based on degrees of commitment and degrees of choice, the authors explore the relative importance of repertoires (the range of friendship types in which people engage), friendship modes (the way in which people make, retain or lose friends throughout the life course) and patterns of suffusion (the extent to which friends and family play overlapping or specialized roles), and these concepts fo…
Qualitative Data Analysis for Applied Policy Research
Integration and Regulation in Organizations: A Contextual Approach
A Sociology of Organisations
Personal Communities: Not Simply Families of 'Fate' or 'Choice
Starting from a simple model of personal relationships based on degrees of commitment and degrees of choice, the authors explore the relative importance of repertoires (the range of friendship types in which people engage), friendship modes (the way in which people make, retain or lose friends throughout the life course) and patterns of suffusion (the extent to which friends and family play overlapping or specialized roles), and these concepts fo…
Family, Friends, and Personal Communities: Changing Models‐in‐the‐Mind
Models‐in‐the‐minds about the proper and right way to be a true friend or to “do” family behavior may not necessarily fit lived experience, especially in cases where relationships become fused and distinctions between family and friend become blurred. We suggest the idea of a personal community—the microsocial world of significant others for any given individual—as a practical schema for capturing the set of relationships in which people are actu…
A Sociology of Organisations
An evaluation of an innovative audiotape method for keeping social care staff up to date with the latest research findings
A small scale exploratory evaluation of an innovative way (using audiotapes) of keeping social care staff informed about research findings is described. The research was mainly qualitative in style, and explored (i) the extent to which the audiotapes raised knowledge about issues at an individual level, and (ii) subsequent changes in agency practice in terms of discussing and sharing literature‐based information over a period of several months. T…
Integration and Regulation in Organizations: A Contextual Approach
A Sociology of Organisations
Integration and Regulation in Organizations: A Contextual Approach
Qualitative Data Analysis for Applied Policy Research
An evaluation of an innovative audiotape method for keeping social care staff up to date with the latest research findings
A small scale exploratory evaluation of an innovative way (using audiotapes) of keeping social care staff informed about research findings is described. The research was mainly qualitative in style, and explored (i) the extent to which the audiotapes raised knowledge about issues at an individual level, and (ii) subsequent changes in agency practice in terms of discussing and sharing literature‐based information over a period of several months. T…
Personal Communities: Not Simply Families of 'Fate' or 'Choice
Starting from a simple model of personal relationships based on degrees of commitment and degrees of choice, the authors explore the relative importance of repertoires (the range of friendship types in which people engage), friendship modes (the way in which people make, retain or lose friends throughout the life course) and patterns of suffusion (the extent to which friends and family play overlapping or specialized roles), and these concepts fo…
CHAPTER Four. Patterns of Friend-Making
Rethinking Friendship: Hidden Solidarities Today
From Aristotle to contemporary soap operas, friendship has always been a subject of fascination. But scholarly investigation of the broad social relevance of friendship has been neglected. Rethinking Friendship describes the varied nature of personal relationships today, and also locates friendship in contemporary debates about individualization and the supposed "collapse of community." Exploring friendships with partners and family as well as "f…
Qualitative data analysis for applied policy research
Family, Friends, and Personal Communities: Changing Models‐in‐the‐Mind
Models‐in‐the‐minds about the proper and right way to be a true friend or to “do” family behavior may not necessarily fit lived experience, especially in cases where relationships become fused and distinctions between family and friend become blurred. We suggest the idea of a personal community—the microsocial world of significant others for any given individual—as a practical schema for capturing the set of relationships in which people are actu…
Computer Science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Data science (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research (2 works) · Qualitative Research Methods and Applications (2 works) · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics (2 works) · Social Capital and Networks (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)