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Using covert ethnography: researching restaurant work.

Medium Periodical Article
Medium - part of - (Periodical Copy) (Date) Feb2021 (Volume) 30 (Number) 3
Medium (Periodical) Sociology Review.
Classif 301 SOC
Subject Sociology
Page 18 - 22
Authors Etoria, Verdine
Contents

Covert ethnography can be an methodological approach for sociologist studying people in natural settings. But is it 'scientific' and is it ethical? One researcher tells us about his own covert research.

Keywords
Employment     Ethnography     Jobs     Poverty     Research     Restaurant work     Sociological methods     Welfare     Work     Zero-hours