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Ethics and organisations<br />
Yvonne: To what extent were you treated as an <strong>in</strong>sider or an<br />
outsider? Were you always an outsider or did you<br />
develop more of an <strong>in</strong>sider status over time?<br />
Angel<strong>in</strong>a: I th<strong>in</strong>k to <strong>the</strong> local officials I always rema<strong>in</strong>ed as an<br />
outsider . . . but to <strong>the</strong> people <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> community—<br />
because I’m hang<strong>in</strong>g around <strong>the</strong> community, liv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> community, shopp<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> community—some of<br />
<strong>the</strong>m treated me as a teacher from Hong Kong. So, sort<br />
of an <strong>in</strong>sider/outsider because <strong>the</strong>y knew that I was<br />
from Hong Kong but <strong>the</strong>y treated me as a friend—a<br />
friendly researcher.<br />
Robyn Munford and Jackie Sanders—Work<strong>in</strong>g successfully<br />
with families<br />
We <strong>in</strong>troduced Robyn and Jackie’s research on family support<br />
services <strong>in</strong> New Zealand <strong>in</strong> Chapter 1. This was a large project,<br />
<strong>in</strong>volv<strong>in</strong>g academic and community partnerships and a diverse<br />
research team of academics, practitioners and community members.<br />
In addition to <strong>the</strong> research reports (Munford et al., 1996, 1998;<br />
Sanders et al., 1999), o<strong>the</strong>r publications aris<strong>in</strong>g from this research<br />
<strong>in</strong>clude two papers on ethical issues <strong>in</strong> qualitative research with<br />
families (Munford & Sanders, 2000a; Munford & Sanders, 2000b)<br />
and a textbook on family support work (Munford & Sanders, 1999).<br />
We asked Robyn and Jackie to talk about <strong>the</strong> composition and function<strong>in</strong>g<br />
of <strong>the</strong> research team as well as well as some of <strong>the</strong> ethical<br />
and organisational issues <strong>the</strong>y encountered.<br />
Dorothy:<br />
Robyn:<br />
Could you say someth<strong>in</strong>g about your research team—<br />
<strong>the</strong> different roles which people had, <strong>the</strong> cultural mix,<br />
how it evolved and <strong>the</strong> changes that occurred <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
team over time? What it was like for each of you to be<br />
part of this research team?<br />
Well, I am very clear that this research would not<br />
happen without <strong>the</strong> full-time efforts of a researcher<br />
[Jackie’s role]. Jackie keeps <strong>the</strong> team on track and<br />
pushes <strong>the</strong> deadl<strong>in</strong>es—all teams need this. Jackie and I<br />
are <strong>the</strong> longest-serv<strong>in</strong>g members of <strong>the</strong> team and have<br />
ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>the</strong> consistency as o<strong>the</strong>rs have come and<br />
gone. I believe <strong>the</strong> secret of <strong>the</strong> success of <strong>the</strong> research<br />
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