Sociologists who seek to understand their subjects of study in a holistic way often use the participant observer strategy of information gathering. In this scenario, a researcher joins in the daily ...

Part One: The nature and process of social research ; Social research strategies ; Research designs ; Planning a research project and formulating research questions ; Getting started: Reviewing the ...

The Journal of Applied Social Science (JASS) is the official, peer-refereed publication of the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology (AACS). JASS reflects more than 25 years of journal ...

A participant observation methodology is employed in this paper to investigate the management strategy of a large public accounting firm. The author directly observed partners and managers of an audit ...