A Reflection on Critical Methodology: Accountability and Beneficiary Participative Evaluation in Third Sector Research

Autor: Craig Furneaux, Belinda Luke, Lyn Alderman, Kylie Kingston
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. 33:1148-1155
ISSN: 1573-7888
0957-8765
Popis: Enabled by the underpinnings of critical theory, this article discusses research methodology developed with the aim of empowering beneficiaries within Third Sector Organisations, through their participation in organisational evaluation processes. The discussion on methodology in this article occurs at three levels: conceptual, processual, and reflexive. The conceptual level explores ontological and epistemological assumptions that shape the critical approach. At the processual level, research methods are explored, drawing on case studies involving interviews with beneficiaries. In interviewing beneficiaries, Third Sector research becomes a means of representing this group. Finally, the reflexive level explores how findings from the processual level enable praxis through the development of approaches supporting beneficiaries’ participation in organisational evaluation processes. As such, Third Sector research can engage beneficiary participation, in order to promote more effective beneficiary participation organisationally.
Databáze: OpenAIRE