Studying elites using qualitative methods. (1995)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Rosanna Hertz, Jonathan B. Imber, editors.
• Other Names: Hertz, Rosanna; Imber, Jonathan B, 1952-
• Contents: Introduction / Rosanna Hertz and Jonathan B. Imber -- pt. I. Business Elites. 1. Interviewing Important People in Big Companies / Robert J. Thomas. 2. Reaching Corporate Executives / Michael Useem. 3. Fielding Hot Topics in Cool Settings: The Study of Corporate Ethics / Peter Cleary Yeager and Kathy E. Kram. 4. Using Electronic Media to Support Fieldwork in a Corporate Setting / John P. Workman, Jr. 5. Tales From the Field: Learning From Researchers' Accounts / Paul M. Hirsch -- pt. II. Professional Elites. 6. Stopping the Spin and Becoming a Prop: Fieldwork on Hollywood Elites / Joshua Gamson. 7. Reflections on Fieldwork in a Complex Organization: Lawyers, Ethnographic Authority, and Lethal Weapons / Jennifer L. Pierce. 8. Negotiating Status: Social Scientists and Anglican Clergy / Alan Aldridge. 9. How I Learned What a Crock Was / Howard S. Becker -- pt. III. Community and Political Elites.
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 1995
• Extent: 1 online resource (210 pages)
• Subjects: 305.5/2; Elite (Social sciences); Power (Social sciences); Social classes; Prestige; Elites; Kwalitatieve methoden; Methodologie; Social Sciences; Élite (Sciences sociales); Pouvoir (Sciences sociales); Classes sociales; Prestige; Elite (Social sciences); Power (Social sciences); Prestige; Social classes; Elites; Methodologie; Kwalitatieve methoden; Elite; Empirische Sozialforschung; Forschungsmethode; Führungskraft; Qualitative Methode; Qualitative Sozialforschung; Wissenschaftler; Elite; Aufsatzsammlung
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452247465; 1452247463
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