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Identities, Roles and Qualitative Research in Central and Eastern Europe

In: Fieldwork in Transforming Societies

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  • Thomas Steger

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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?

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  • Thomas Steger, 2004. "Identities, Roles and Qualitative Research in Central and Eastern Europe," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Ed Clark & Snejina Michailova (ed.), Fieldwork in Transforming Societies, chapter 2, pages 19-38, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-52270-1_2
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230522701_2
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    1. Chistoph Doerrenbaecher, 2007. "Inside the transnational social space: Cross-border management and owner relationship in a German subsidiary in Hungary," Journal of East European Management Studies, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 12(4), pages 318-339.

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