The question of how to ascertain the quality of qualitative research has been asked since the
beginning of qualitative research and attracts continuous and repeated attention. However …

Purpose Elite interviewing is a well-established area of interview research methods.
Nevertheless, the actual casting of an “elite” has been generally conducted in a prima facie …

Qualitative researchers often take for granted that the process of translation involves finding
in the target language an equivalent linguistic expression to the one used in the source …

Shared power and democratic decision making are core epistemological commitments of
participatory action research. Scholars who engage in participatory action research with …

In this chapter, we explore how researchers might engage in reflexivity. Reflexivity is closely
related to the concept of positionality, which refers to the way we as researchers view our …

Purpose Building on the routine dynamics literature, this paper aims to expand our
philosophical, practical and infrastructural understanding of implementing lean production …

Diversity is a core value of the American Library Association and diversity standards
including cultural competencies have been adopted by the Association of College and …

In this article, we explore the concept of validity as it applies to transformative experiences,
asking how can we know when individuals are transformed as the result of some …

Although the socio-economic significance of fishing is globally recognized, the protection of
fish stock has not been adequately attended to in fisheries management, leading to fishing …

This paper reports on an international collaborative project working with deaf learners of
English literacy (19–28 years old) in five locations in India: Indore; Vadadora; Comibatore; …