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Using Narratives as a Research Strategy

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This paper reports on our use of narrative accounts in qualitative research about educational leadership
in Western Australia. Data for the research were gathered through semistructured interviews. We
wanted to know whether interview data constructed as narrative accounts then analysed would help
us understand the phenomenon of leading for sustainability. We had used this approach previously
(Wildy & Pepper, 2005; Clarke, Wildy & Pepper, 2007) in our examination of school leadership. Our
commitment to an interpretive approach (Connelly & Clandinin, 1990; Kvale, 1996), to delve into our
participants’ understanding of their experiences remains strong. Rich insights into the experiences
of participants are revealed in narrative accounts crafted from semistructured interviews. Stories and
descriptions of experience are given status when presented as narratives so contribute to participants’
wellbeing and meet the criteria for ‘good educational research’. In this paper we describe collecting
data, constructing narratives, confirming quality and conducting analysis to describe the ‘wakefulness’
and transparency we adhere to when using narrative accounts as a research strategy.

Keywords: Narrative accounts, research strategy.

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Qualitative Research Journal

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: Emerald Group., 2009

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Qualitative Research Journal, vol. 9, no. 2, 2009

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English

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AKUNTANSI

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Asmawati/Syahrial

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