When Fieldwork Hurts: On the Lived Experience of Conducting Research in Unsettling Contexts

Laura Claus; Mark De Rond; Jennifer Howard-Grenville; Jan Lodge

doi:https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20190000059009

When Fieldwork Hurts: On the Lived Experience of Conducting Research in Unsettling Contexts

Laura Claus, Mark De Rond, Jennifer Howard-Grenville, Jan Lodge

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Abstract

We explore the lived experience of organizational scholars who have conducted fieldwork in unsettling contexts. Through analyzing our interviews with these scholars, we find themes around the causes and consequences of unsettling fieldwork, and the coping strategies employed. We reflect on the often overlooked emotional and relational aspects of conducting and coping with unsettling fieldwork, and offer some suggestions for how scholars might support each other, especially given the increasing prevalence of organizational scholarship that pushes boundaries by engaging unconventional topics and settings.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Research in the Sociology of Organizations
Subtitle of host publication	The Production of Managerial Knowledge and Organizational Theory: New Approaches to Writing, Producing and Consuming Theory (
Pages	157-172
Number of pages	15
Volume	59
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20190000059009
Publication status	Published - 19 Apr 2019
Externally published	Yes

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Claus, L., De Rond, M., Howard-Grenville, J., & Lodge, J. (2019). When Fieldwork Hurts: On the Lived Experience of Conducting Research in Unsettling Contexts. In Research in the Sociology of Organizations: The Production of Managerial Knowledge and Organizational Theory: New Approaches to Writing, Producing and Consuming Theory ( (Vol. 59, pp. 157-172) https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20190000059009

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Claus L, De Rond M, Howard-Grenville J, Lodge J. When Fieldwork Hurts: On the Lived Experience of Conducting Research in Unsettling Contexts. In Research in the Sociology of Organizations: The Production of Managerial Knowledge and Organizational Theory: New Approaches to Writing, Producing and Consuming Theory (. Vol. 59. 2019. p. 157-172 doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20190000059009

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