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Use when engaging in researcher reflexivity — examining positionality, assumptions, and their influence on the research process.
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Based on SOC occupation classification
Use when writing academic prose for qualitative research — findings, methods, discussion sections with appropriate voice and conventions.
Use when conducting participatory action research (PAR) involving collaborative inquiry, cycles of action and reflection.
Use when formatting academic work in APA 7th edition style — citations, references, headings, tables, and manuscript structure.
Use when designing or conducting case study research following Yin's multiple case study methodology or Stake's approach.
Use when developing and densifying categories with properties, dimensions, conditions, and consequences.
Use when formatting academic work in Chicago/Turabian style — notes-bibliography or author-date systems.
| name | reflexive-practice |
| description | Use when engaging in researcher reflexivity — examining positionality, assumptions, and their influence on the research process. |
Reflexivity is ongoing critical attention to how the researcher’s identity, assumptions, relationships, and institutional location shape every stage of inquiry—from question formation to writing. It supports transparency and can improve analytic nuance when balanced with methodological discipline.
Keep a dated journal separate from field notes. Useful prompts:
Tag entries by phase (data collection, coding, writing) so you can trace evolution.
A strong statement often includes: social identities relevant to the setting; prior experience with the topic; power relations with participants; ethical stakes; how you mitigated bias (debriefing, triangulation, member checks where appropriate); limits of self-knowledge.
Avoid performative confession; emphasize analytic consequences.
Linda Finlay catalogued multiple reflexive moves used across interpretive traditions—e.g., monitoring intersubjective dynamics, bracketing (where phenomenologically aligned), and questioning ostensibly “neutral” descriptions. Pick strategies that fit your paradigm; do not paste phenomenological bracketing into GT without justification.
Glaser emphasizes theoretical sensitivity earned through analytic practice and broad reading, warning against over-insertion of the researcher’s story as if it were participant data. Reflexivity in GT should discipline forcing and narcissistic narrative, not replace constant comparison with self-analysis.
Include a concise reflexivity subsection or appendix in dissertations/articles; link reflexive insights to methodological decisions (why sampling shifted, why a category was split).
