TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the tensions between being covert and overt during ethnographic observations. The example of an ethnographic study of the culture in a diagnostic imaging department will be used to provide examples.Design/methodology/approach This paper is a reflection on an ethnographic study, focussing on the participant observation.Findings This paper discusses the author’s reflections on the covert and overt nature of ethnographic observation.Originality/value The discussion is of value to all ethnographic researchers who experience this tension.
VL  - 8
IS  - 2
SN  - 2046-6749
DO  - 10.1108/JOE-11-2016-0022
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/JOE-11-2016-0022
AU  - Strudwick Ruth
PY  - 2018
Y1  - 2018/01/01
TI  - Tensions in ethnographic observation: overt or covert?
T2  - Journal of Organizational Ethnography
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 185
EP  - 195
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -