Sale Joanna E M
McMaster University ; Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre.
Qual Quant. 2006 Dec;40(6):1037-53. doi: 10.1007/s11135-005-3957-1.
Participatory research, a concept developed in the Third World, has been increasingly applied to community and health research in developed countries. However, little is known about attitudes to the participatory process in the context of workplace research, especially that carried out in health care settings. In this qualitative study, employees participating in a quality of work-life (QWL) project at a Canadian cancer centre were asked about their perceptions of the participatory research process. Using a phenomenological approach, the author interviewed 12 employees. The following themes emerged from the analysis of interview data: 1) The role of management and senior management was viewed as being important but employees were uncomfortable with the presence of management at meetings; 2) The desired composition of the committee was more complex than ensuring representation from workers and there may have been a natural process by which this composition was attained; 3) Participatory research without action was unacceptable; and 4) Full participation in all aspects of the project was difficult to achieve. These findings have important implications because they challenge some existing notions in the literature about participatory research. Recommendations regarding trust issues, membership recruitment, and the role of members in the participatory process are outlined.
参与式研究是在第三世界发展起来的一个概念，如今已越来越多地应用于发达国家的社区和健康研究。然而，对于工作场所研究背景下对参与过程的态度，尤其是在医疗保健环境中进行的研究，人们了解甚少。在这项定性研究中，参与加拿大一家癌症中心工作生活质量（QWL）项目的员工被问及他们对参与式研究过程的看法。作者采用现象学方法采访了12名员工。从访谈数据分析中出现了以下主题：1）管理层和高级管理层的角色被视为很重要，但员工对管理层出席会议感到不自在；2）委员会的理想组成比确保工人代表更复杂，而且可能存在一种达成这种组成的自然过程；3）没有行动的参与式研究是不可接受的；4）全面参与项目的各个方面很难实现。这些发现具有重要意义，因为它们挑战了文献中关于参与式研究的一些现有观念。文中概述了关于信任问题、成员招募以及成员在参与过程中的角色的建议。
