Extending the Conversation: Qualitative Research as Dialogic Collaborative Process

Authors

Trena Paulus, The University of TennesseeFollow
Marianne Woodside, The University of TennesseeFollow
Mary Ziegler, The University of TennesseeFollow

Abstract

Collaborative research often refers to collaboration among the researcher and the participants. Few studies investigate the collaborative process among researchers themselves. Assumptions about the qualitative research process, particularly ways to establish rigor and transparency, are pervasive. Our experience con ducting three collaborative empirical research studies challenged and transformed our assumptions about qualitative research: (a) research planning taught as concrete and linear rather than as emergent and iterative, (b) data analysis conceptualized as individual discovery rather than collaboratively-constructed meaning, and (c) findings represented as individual product rather than as part of an ongoing conversation. We address each assumption, including how our collaborative research diverged from the assumption and how this divergence has impacted our own practice.

Keywords

Dialogue, Collaborative Research, Group Meaning-Making, and Rigor in Qualitative Inquiry

Publication Date

6-1-2008

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2008.1596

Recommended APA Citation

Paulus, T., Woodside, M., & Ziegler, M. (2008). Extending the Conversation: Qualitative Research as Dialogic Collaborative Process. The Qualitative Report, 13(2), 226-243. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2008.1596