Method in the Madness is presented as a companion to researchers investigating the complex world of work. Rather than a How to text on performing research, this book presents a record of experiences. Research so often evolves in the field or the planning stages and a successful researcher need to be aware of serendipitous opportunities as they arise and how to solve problems as they occur. The book comprises an introduction written by the editors followed by thirteen chapters written by different contributors. The introduction draws together the disparate experiences that follow and discusses the ways in which the contributors, all of whom are respected researchers, dealt with and learned from the research experience. In the following chapters, the contributors describe and reflect on the research process, the challenges they met during their research and the lessons learned. The style varies, but includes narratives, anecdotes and descriptions of individuals experiences as research was designed and carried out and the results generated.
- Presents twelve chapters of research experiences where the researcher learnt more about performing research whilst in the field than they did from prescriptive texts
- Represents a fresh and accessible look at research and research methods
Introduction; Investigating work through the haze of discontent: smokers
as data source; Gaining agreement does n mean gaining access; Studying elite
men: challenges and complexities in researching masculinities; A sporting
chance: workplace ethnographies, ethics and protocols and playing by the
rules; Multiple methods, emerging truths: 'war stories', survey responses,
shared confidences and evesdropping in an organisational case study; Mobile
work, mobile research/er; Developing a rapport with respondents: strikes,
henchmen and Gaelic football; 'A bee in my bonnet': Unfair dismissal and
small business; Focussing on the kids: the challenges of focus groups with
minors; The pilbara pub method: Making sense of mining; 'There are ways, and
then there are ways': doing research in a second language setting; Coping
with crap: researching the hidden world of cleaning; Sitting on a wall in
Northumberland crying... the realities of semi-structured interviews.
Keith Townsend. Research Fellow, Centre for Work, Employment and Wellbeing, and the Department of Employment Relations, Griffith University, Australia. John Burgess. Professor and Director, Graduate Business School, University of Newcastle, Australia. Research interests in labour market policy, contingent employment and gender and work.
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