Ethnography and Organizational Ethnography: Research Methodology

Ethnography in Organizational Settings*

Qualitative research methodologies: ethnography.

Ethnography is the study of social interactions, behaviours, and perceptions that occur within groups, teams, organisations, and communities. Its roots canbe traced back to anthropological studies of small, rural (andoften remote) societies thatwereundertaken in the early 1900s, when researchers such as Bronislaw Malinowski and Alfred Radcliffe-Brown participated in these societies over long pe...

Critical Ethnography for Information Research

Poster Abstract Research in Library and Information Science (LIS) often involves the use of various types of information and of information technology. As such, it is primarily concerned with problemsolving in social spaces (e.g., as manifested in user studies) and in designing and troubleshooting of technological systems (e.g., research in information retrieval in general). Although most infor...

Ethnography of Development Sociology

Development sociology as a distinct area of study gained prominence in the post-world war era with the evolving interest in political and economic progression of the post-colonial world. The emerging discipline from the mainstream sociology have been particularly interested in development paths and strategies adopted in nations in the various regions of the world with greater emphasis in develo...

Ethnography, education and on-line research