Inquiry & Research: The 5 Inquiry Pathways: Narrative Inquiry

Narrative inquiry used focus groups of Ubuntis living in the U.S. to understand the challenges of Ubunti reform, the desirable leadership characteristics needed for reform, and the possible positive influence of Ubunti's living in the diaspora.

Narrative inquiry using indigenous methodology used individual and group in-person interviews with a research assistant and translator to explore Mongolian women leaders' persistence and contributions to historical and contemporary contributions to Mongolia.

Narrative inquiry, used practice study methodology and interviews to present an exploratory, performative study of the initial organizing of the Health Systems Innovation and Research Program.

Narrative inquiry with in-person video-recorded interviews and focus groups reflects the voices of African American men's stories of criminal life, imprisonment, recidivism, and the point at which they turned from crime to desisting -- breaking the cycle of recidivism.

Narrative inquiry explored Native American tribal college and university faculty collegiality through focus group responses to results from a rolling survey using qualitative narrative and indigenous research methodology.

Narrative inquiry through in-person audiotaped interviews and focus group of professional women of Appalachian origin about how they blended their Appalachian and professional identities.

Narrative inquiry explored the perceptions of accountability in teacher education programs for three stakeholder groups -- deans, legislators, and executive staff -- through interviews and focus groups.

Narrative inquiry and content analysis with nonprofit executive directors explored through conversational interviews (Kvale) and follow-up group discussion with participants the interplay of structure and personal agency for executive directors of nonprofit agencies.

Narrative inquiry explored learning among college-degreed adults who were 60 to 98 years of age, with a focus on learning strategies and perceived benefits -- data collected through in-person or phone audio-recorded interviews and an in-person focus group.

Narrative inquiry explored how leaders who engage in mindfulness practices to see how they use them in their leadership practices -- audiotaped and member checked phone interviews with interviewees screened for eligibility through online quantitative descriptive survey and thematic analysis.

Narrative inquiry with content analysis examined leaders' motivations and actions in pursuing fossil fuel divestment, while exercising fiduciary duty for foundation institutional assets -- data from foundation divestment commitment statements and semi-structured in-person and phone interviews with foundation leaders.

Narrative inquiry sought to gain knowledge through hearing the stories through phone interviews about the relationship between sponsors and sponsee in Al-Anon family groups from the perspective of sponsors and sponsees. Study included short pre-interview survey.

Narrative inquiry with thematic analysis based on in-person interviews and reviews of public records explored the experiences of executive-level leaders from American corporations, government agencies, hospitals, and universities to reveal their stories of the challenge of leading change in complex systems from the leader's perspective.

Narrative inquiry sought to understand through story-telling in-person audiotaped interviews how women's experiences with their mothers, grandmothers, and daughters contribute to their meaning making of communication and connectedness with unrelated women. Pre-interview data was collected through a short survey.

Narrative inquiry and situational analysis explored women's views and experiences in the arena of Arab/American relations, post-9/11. Data collected through three groups -- Arab Qatar women, Arab American women, and non-Arab American women, using pre-interview freewriting and interviews.

Narrative inquiry explored the concept of women's' reflection on inner voice and self-leadership through in-person multiple interviews with a purposive sample of eligible participants known to the researcher. Includes self-autobiographical reflection.