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Strategies for conducting elite interviews
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This article addresses some strategies for conducting elite interviews. It draws upon material from a significant number of interviews that the author has conducted with this group in a variety of economic sectors and countries, as well as from the social sciences literature on elites. The aim of the article is to provide insights into the particularities of interviewing elites for those new to researching this group. In particular, it focuses on gaining trust and gauging the tone of the interview, how to present oneself during the interview, asking open- and closed-questions, the appropriate length of an interview, whether to record the conversation, coping with difficult scenarios, asking awkward questions, managing respondents who do not answer the question, keeping respondents interested in the interview and finally gaining feedback from respondents.
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- Authors
- Harvey, W. S.
- Venue
- Qualitative Research
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2011-08
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 431-441
- ISSN
- 1468-7941 (ISSN-L)
- 1741-3109
- OpenAlex
- W1963751127
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- 781
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 62.15
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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