Qualitative Research and Complex Teams

Most qualitative researchers work on teams at some point. Qualitative Research and Complex Teams charts new methodological territory by providing hands-on help for qualitative researchers working on team projects. Useful to those working with a purely qualitative research design or mixed methods, the text provides a unique focus on writing and communications, offering strategies for all stages of the process from research design to final product.This volume provides an overview of the research related to team-based work, as well as a discussion of relevant changes in approaches to writing in the field. Readers will learn how to initiate team-based work through a digital tool kit approach, organize systems to insure efficiency, and undertake the process of bringing together and training diverse teams. Jargon-free, this book provides strong guidance for thinking about the joint arenas of methodological and substantive writing, and it develops ways to further the aims of both as the project proceeds.

AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Why This Book is Needed NowChapter 1: Complex Research Teams On the RiseChapter 2: Research Design in Team-Based Qualitative ResearchChapter 3: Writing Up Methods in Team-Based Qualitative ResearchChapter 4: Substantive Writing in Team-Based Qualitative ResearchChapter 5: Trends, Issues, and ConsiderationsAppendices:A. Example of Methodological Writing: Focus Group -- How to ConductB. Example of Methodological Writing: Ground Rules -- Focus GroupsC. Example of a Methodological Log (Methodological Tracking by Researcher)D. Example of an Event Log (Technical Tracking by Software)E. Example of Methodological Coding -- Golddust CodeF. Example of E-Project from the Top-Down: Overview of Coding Section of a ProjectG. Example of a Qualitative Research Syllabus: Team-Based PerspectiveH. Example of a Qualitative Research Course Schedule: Team-Based PerspectiveIndex