Shadowing in/as work
Ten recommendations for shadowing fieldwork practice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15543759 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rebecca Gill (0000-0002-8001-7528, corresponding author), Joshua B Barbour (0000-0001-8384-7175), Marleah Dean (0000-0001-5193-9040) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 69-89 |
| Publication date | 2014-03-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management An International Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1746-5648 • E-ISSN: 1746-5656 |
| Publisher | Emerald Publishing Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1108/qrom-09-2012-1100 |
| OpenAlex | W2089681120 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 6 |
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide practical recommendations for shadowing as a method of organizational study with a focus on the situated processes and practices of shadowing fieldwork. Design/methodology/approach – This paper reflects on the shadowing experiences of three researchers – in a hospital emergency department, nuclear power plants, and entrepreneur workspaces – to generate recommendations by identifying and synthesizing solutions that emerged during the encounters with the challenges and opportunities in shadowing. Findings – Considering shadowing as an ongoing and emergent research process can be helpful to prepare for particular aspects of shadowing fieldwork. Shadowing presents research challenges that may emerge in the practice of fieldwork, including how to negotiate awkward conversations with participants, what to bring and wear, and how to take notes. Practical implications – Though the recommendations for shadowing are based on particular experiences and may not generalize to all shadowing engagements, they offer concrete, practical recommendations useful across experience levels. The recommendations should sensitize researchers to the intimate and situational character of shadowing, and offer strategies for coping with the distinctive requirements of shadowing. Originality/value – By looking across diverse experiences of shadowing, the paper generated guidelines that help to make sense of shadowing processes, manage uncertainty in the field, and build on the emerging work on shadowing. The ten recommendations provide insight into shadowing that are of particular value to graduate students, junior researchers, and those new to shadowing. Moreover, the experienced shadower may find value in the camaraderie of shared experience, the concrete ideas about another's experience of shadowing, and insight in recommendations that capture aspects of fieldwork that they are also exploring
Creativity · Negotiation · Originality · Situated · Situational ethics · Sociology · Computer Science · Global Health Workforce Issues · Management and Organizational Studies · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Psychology
Clients and Constituents
“What do you want to do?”
Fenomenologia da prática nas organizações hoteleiras
Une ontologie de l’empathie
Shadowing as a method of principal development
“I’m Worth Saving”
Shadowing work from anywhere in the age of digital turn
Ignoring people
Egg freezing as an employment benefit? Gender, career, and reproductive health in neoliberal academia
Shadowing research in organizations
Unpacking the problem of research access(es)
From “blue sky” to real world research
Shadowing and gendered fieldwork roles in the Brussels Bubble
Showing not telling
Negotiating social differences and power geometries among healthcare professionals in a Swiss hospital
Pedagogical leadership in activities with children – A shadowing study of early childhood teachers in Norway and Finland
Questioning as regulatory work practice
The civic support paradox
Shadowing as a Tool for Studying Political Elites
Expert, bureaucrat, facilitator
Deliberation and Deliberative Organizational Routines in Frontline Decision-Making
Shadowing as Qualitative Inquiry
Shadowing Stroke Patients to Explore the Rehabilitation Built Environment
Reflections of a feminist organizational ethnographer
| Unique citing works | 24 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |