Teamwork as the key to mixing methods
Lessons From Multi-Sited Research Designs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3636411 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Valentina Mazzucato (0000-0002-3008-6541) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 3135-3152 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Community (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1369183x.2025.2487746 |
| OpenAlex | W4410463259 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 28 |
Methodological literature often mentions the role of teamwork in mixed-methods research but rarely expounds upon it. I claim that much of the mixing in mixed-methods research occurs in the 'work' that teamwork entails. In multi-sited research designs, teamwork entails teams of researchers investigating different physical sites connected by the migration phenomenon under study. I draw on my experience leading five international, multi-year, multi-sited, mixed-methods, and team-based research projects in which teams investigated the simultaneous actions, emotions, and physical flows entailed in transnational relationships. The projects involved a combination of ethnographic studies and large-scale surveys. While tapping into my personal experiences to give detailed examples of the process of teamwork, I derive broader conclusions about the essential elements for teamwork that benefits the mixing of methods and multi-sited research. The paper discusses teamwork as a four-phase process in a research project and highlights praxes for sharing data within teams, adapting research strategies, and fine-tuning teamwork
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 8 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |