Abstract
This paper aims to discuss the relevance of the researcher’s previous study and preparation to conduct academic interviews. The reflection proposed here originated from the transcription work performed during twelve months in Management as well as related areas. This paper’s contribution lies in the weight given to the effort needed to prepare, choose and perform the interview as a technique of qualitative data collection, insofar as mistakes in such conduction might compromise both the analysis and the results reached in the research.
Highlights
This work seeks to reinforce and alert about how important the previous to conduct interviews preparation is, abiding to the objective of investigation and taking advantage of further readings and systematizations
Regarding the interview as one of the most consecrated forms of qualitative data collection, it is important to underline that this technique can be understood as a dialogue, but one requiring certain care, element not necessarily applied to conventional informal conversations (FISCHER; CASTILHOS; FONSECA, 2014)
These inquiries should conduct the interviewee to elaborate about a specific topic taken as essential for further analysis (ROWLEY, 2012)
Summary
This work seeks to reinforce and alert about how important the previous to conduct interviews preparation is, abiding to the objective of investigation and taking advantage of further readings and systematizations. In the direction of contributing with the already existing discussion about the issue, some relevant studies are remounted to provide further basis to the five principal elements considered here, which entitle the following sections of this article, namely: interview flow; attachment to the script; choosing the interviewee; the researcher’s opinion and, the transcription. Regarding the interview as one of the most consecrated forms of qualitative data collection, it is important to underline that this technique can be understood as a dialogue, but one requiring certain care, element not necessarily applied to conventional informal conversations (FISCHER; CASTILHOS; FONSECA, 2014) These observations intended to incite reflections independently of any epistemological tradition or filiation. These central points are systematized in the end of the discussion in the Picture 1
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