Auto-Ethnography in the Workplace

Chałupnik, Małgorzata

Abstract

The chapter discusses auto-ethnographic methods of collecting and analysing professional communication. This entails the consideration of both the early stages of a research project drawing upon such methods, conceptualising a study, selecting and gaining access to a particular research site and the day-to-day practicalities of data collection once such access is secured. The chapter then turns to a detailed overview and a critical review of auto-ethnographic methods of study of professional communication. The insider perspective adopted in this book certainly afforded a new perspective on the practices of work and also means of studying them but was associated also with some challenges. The chapter offers here a closer discussion of issues of ethics, critical distance and researcher positionality that can become particularly pertinent in auto-ethnography. Finally, the chapter turns to the introduction of the specific setting and research participants whose communicative practices are studied in this book.

Citation

Chałupnik, M. (2024). Auto-Ethnography in the Workplace. In Leadership and Collaboration in Workplace Discourse: From Field to Application (79-97). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54722-5_4

• Online Publication Date: Jun 1, 2024
• Publication Date: Jun 1, 2024
• Deposit Date: Jun 1, 2024
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Pages: 79-97
• Series Title: Communicating in Professions and Organizations
• Series ISSN: 2947-812X
• Book Title: Leadership and Collaboration in Workplace Discourse: From Field to Application
• Chapter Number: 4
• ISBN: 9783031547218
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54722-5_4
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/35445490
• Publisher URL: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-54722-5_4