Insider ethnography: tinker, tailor, researcher or spy?
Maxine Simmons reflects on her experiences as an 'insider' ethnographer - a senior manager undertaking research with nurse consultants within her own employing organisation - and the issues that arose as a result.
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Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
D000884:Anthropology, Cultural / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002322:Career Mobility; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003625:Data Collection; D004739:England; D006767:Hospitals, District; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000941:ethics / Q000523:psychology*; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D018579:Patient Selection; D010379:Peer Group; D012107:Research Design; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000941:ethics / Q000523:psychology*; D035844:Researcher-Subject Relations / Q000941:ethics / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires