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Researcher Positionality in Cross-Cultural and Sensitive Research
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Through self-reflection, the researcher can identify and critique their position within the research process, enabling higher sensitivity.
“Through self-reflection, the researcher can identify and critique their position within the research process, in relation to the subject, the participants and the research process (Manohar, et al, 2019).This will then enable the researcher to practice a much higher degree of sensitivity.”
From A GROUNDED THEORY EXPLORATION OF WELLBEING FOR WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN FORCIBLY DISPLACED AS A RESULT OF TRAUMA CAUSED BY CONFLICT, BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE OF PARTICIPANTS LIVING IN UGANDA (2025) · cites this paper as Manohar, et al, 2019
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Metadata
- Authors
- Manohar, N., Liamputtong, P., Bhole, S., & Arora, A.
- Affiliations
- Western Sydney University (AU)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Arora, Amit
- Venue
- Handbook of Research Methods in Health Social Sciences
- Publisher
- Springer Singapore
- Published
- 2019
- Pages
- 1601-1616
- OpenAlex
- W2910631566
- Cited by
- 32
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2
- FWCI
- 21.22
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Springer eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
- Social Sciences › Education › Qualitative research in health
- Social Sciences › Education › Qualitative Research Methods and Applications
- Keywords
- researcher positionality, insider and outsider status, cross-cultural research, sensitive research, gender, age, ethnicity and culture, social class, collective experience
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