scholarly journals Early career researchers’ identity threats in the field: The shelter and shadow of collective support

2021 ◽  
pp. 135050762199773
Author(s):  
Lisa Jane Callagher ◽  
Ziad El Sahn ◽  
Paul Hibbert ◽  
Stefan Korber ◽  
Frank Siedlok
Keyword(s):  
Business Schools ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Identity Work ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Holding Environment ◽  
Research Experiences ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Identity Threats ◽  
Shadow Side ◽  
Practical Implications

Based on an autoethnographic study of early career researchers’ field research experiences, we show how individuals deal with moments of discrimination that present identity threats. This is accomplished through participating in the construction of a shared holding environment to provide emotional shelter and resources for resultant identity work. We show how they collectively develop anticipatory responses to future identity threats and inadvertently how this allows the effects of discrimination to be both unchallenged and amplified. We draw implications for identity work theory, adding to current understandings of identity threats, tensions, and challenges and the dynamics through which these are addressed, avoided, or worked around, as well as the shadow side of such activities. We also offer practical implications about the business schools’ role in nurturing early career researchers’ identity work.

scholarly journals Competing Meanings of International Experiences for Early-Career Researchers: A Collaborative Autoethnographic Approach

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yusuke Sakurai ◽  
Sae Shimauchi ◽  
Yukiko Shimmi ◽  
Yuki Amaki ◽  
Shingo Hanada ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Career ◽  
International Study ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Personal Network ◽  
Conceptual Tool ◽  
Research Experiences ◽  
Community Culture ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Japanese Higher Education ◽  
International Experiences

Although there is a pressing demand for international experience for early career researchers (ECRs), the meaning of this experiences arising from their day-to-day work responsibilities is still unclear. Accordingly, using our emic reflections for this autoethnographic study, we—five Japanese ECRs with years of international experiences—collaboratively explored how we made sense of our international experiences, that is, our distinct capital attained from international study and research experiences. We used Identity Trajectory as a conceptual tool to widely capture ECRs’ key experiences and sense-making. Our reflective conversations resulted in five major themes: (1) global personal network, (2) communicative competence, (3) scholarly community culture, (4) scholarly ambition and (5) pedagogical application. We consistently valued our attained capital, but simultaneously recognised dilemmas while engaging in our work. Lack of institutional support was critical, preventing us from using our international experiential capital and further developing as internationally active researchers. This study offers insights for those who may consider an academic career in Japan after returning from international sojourns and for policymakers promoting the internationalisation of Japanese higher education. Studies such as this one also contribute to the exploration of the value of international experiences for researchers in different contexts.

Field Research: A Graduate Student's Guide

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ezgi Irgil ◽  
Anne-Kathrin Kreft ◽  
Myunghee Lee ◽  
Charmaine N Willis ◽  
Kelebogile Zvobgo
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Mental Health Research ◽  
Crisis Response ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Sampling Strategies ◽  
Early Career Researchers

Abstract What is field research? Is it just for qualitative scholars? Must it be done in a foreign country? How much time in the field is “enough”? A lack of disciplinary consensus on what constitutes “field research” or “fieldwork” has left graduate students in political science underinformed and thus underequipped to leverage site-intensive research to address issues of interest and urgency across the subfields. Uneven training in Ph.D. programs has also left early-career researchers underprepared for the logistics of fieldwork, from developing networks and effective sampling strategies to building respondents’ trust, and related issues of funding, physical safety, mental health, research ethics, and crisis response. Based on the experience of five junior scholars, this paper offers answers to questions that graduate students puzzle over, often without the benefit of others’ “lessons learned.” This practical guide engages theory and praxis, in support of an epistemologically and methodologically pluralistic discipline.

Challenges and solutions for collecting data in health research: experiences of Australian doctoral and early career researchers

2021 ◽  
pp. 11-24
Author(s):  
Mohammad Hamiduzzaman ◽  
Alan Taylor ◽  
Belinda Lunnay ◽  
Abraham Kuot ◽  
Hannah Wechkunanukul ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Research ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Research Experiences ◽  
Early Career Researchers

Dear Diary: Early Career Geographers Collectively Reflect on Their Qualitative Field Research Experiences

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Heller ◽  
Julia Christensen ◽  
Lindsay Long ◽  
Catrina A. Mackenzie ◽  
Philip M. Osano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Field Research ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Research Experiences

scholarly journals “Being on both sides: covert ethnography and partisanship with bouncers in the night‐time economy”

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Calvey
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Moral Dilemmas ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Night Time ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Time Consumption ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Ethnographic Approach ◽  
Situated Ethics ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThis study aims to critically expose and explore “taking sides” in the context of a covert ethnography of bouncers in the night-time economy of Manchester, UK.Design/methodology/approachThe methodology adopted is covert ethnography. The author reflects on the application and use of situated deception within an embedded and insider ethnography of bouncers, alongside other relevant covert ethnographies. Fieldwork vignettes are drawn upon to articulate the management of situated ethics and moral dilemmas.FindingsThe findings argue that bouncers are a deeply maligned occupational group, who perform a valuable regulatory role in the night-time economy. Moreover, a covert role ethnographic presents an interesting liminal stance of being on both sides, rather than a reductionist choosing of a single sides. Theoretically, phenomenological bracketing and ethnomethodological indifference are used to justify the position taken in the paper.Research limitations/implicationsCovert research has limitations around fieldwork time consumption, instigation tactics and “going native” distortion, alongside common fears of ethical belligerence and cavalier morals.Practical implicationsThe lessons learnt, particularly for early career researchers, are about pursuing creative ethnographic methods.Social implicationsOccupationally, bouncers should be less demonized and more accessible to more women. This rather hyper-masculine domain should be disrupted and democratized.Originality/valueThe field is relatively niche, with a purist covert ethnographic approach being an innovative way to unpack it.

What does change look like?

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 36-40
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Formal Training ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Underrepresented Groups ◽  
Early Career Researchers ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Mentoring plays a key role in supporting early-career researchers, especially those from underrepresented groups. However, many mentors have not received formal training. This study looks at one training programme and evaluates whether the participants reported any change in awareness of behavior, and what this change looks like in practice. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

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