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Immersion in Organizational Ethnography: Four Methodological Requirements to Immerse Oneself in the Field
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Immersion in Organizational Ethnography: Four Methodological Requirements to Immerse Oneself in the Field

Guillaume Dumont
Organizational Research Methods, Vol.26(3), pp.441-458
01/07/2023

Abstract

ethnography Ethnographic immersion methodology Organisations qualitative research participant observation
This article addresses the question of how to achieve immersion in organizational ethnography. Working through a broad set of ethnographies in organization studies, sociology, and anthropology, I develop a multi-faceted conceptualization of immersion and offer a framework that integrates four methodological principles—involvement, engagement, duration, and sites—to help organizational ethnographers achieve immersion. In closing, I discuss how this framework advances ongoing debates about involvement, multi-sitedness, and fieldwork design, resulting in a more systematic and reflexive approach to immersion in organizational ethnography.
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6 Social Sciences
6.3 Management
6.3.343 Organizational Theory
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Management
Psychology, Applied
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