The Challenge of Doing Corporatized Research Revisited
Contrivances and the Presentation of Self
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2385407 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alf Steinar Sætre (0000-0003-4195-7987, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway,) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 57-65 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1077-8004 • E-ISSN: 1552-7565 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1077800409350065 |
| OpenAlex | W2096878792 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
Browning and Sørnes' article, "The Challenge of Doing Corporatized Research: An Ethnography of ICT use," implies by its title that it explores the difficulties inherent in corporation-sponsored research, and also that it offers an ethnography of ICT (information and communication technologies) use in that same context. In fact, it does neither. By exposing a deliberate series of contrivances, this article shows how their effort is a deliberate attempt at impression management. The problems with their article are divided into three main categories: ethical issues, vying for credit, and relating to sponsors and using ICTs. This article concludes that the effort by Browning and Sørnes falls well short of the scrupulousness one expects from qualitative researchers
Context (archaeology · Corporation · Engineering ethics · Ethnography · Information and Communications Technology · Media studies · Political science · Presentation (obstetrics · Public relations · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Engineering · Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods · History · Information Systems Theories and Implementation · Knowledge Management and Sharing · Law · Medicine
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |