SOC221H5 Lecture 8: SOC221 Tutorial 4
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Exploratory - idea of looking at creative work is new - new topic. Explanatory - how creativity happens: work in this field is irrelevant or overused. Past research not clear about how creative workers decide what work is creative and therefore good" work. Past work not clear about conflict: reliability: to ensure the results can be reproduced by someone else and won"t be different - ensuring that the interpretations are formed in the right way. Reactivity: discrete research in field notes - intern status minimized reactivity and didn"t make people feel uncomfortable and unnatural. Validity: she ensured that she took her field notes right away with memory so that details aren"t forgotten and are valid. Generalizability: interpretation is able to be generalized and explain what is going on elsewhere - did fieldwork at multiple workplaces and found the same patterns - theories are generalizable.
