Identities, Roles and Qualitative Research in Central and Eastern Europe

Thomas Steger

Chapter 2 in Fieldwork in Transforming Societies, 2004, pp 19-38 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In my early research into changes in corporate culture in East German manufacturing enterprises, several questions about the role and impact of researcher identity continued to concern me. How should I get closer to people in the research setting? As a Swiss German and hence easily identifiable as a ‘stranger’ in the enterprise and in the region, how should I behave and present myself? In my behaviour qua researcher, how should I compensate for my deficiencies in never having personally experienced everyday life in a socialist society?

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Research Setting; Research Site; Time Perspective; German Democratic Republic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230522701_2

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