Ethnography approach to
firefighting stress
Of the five major approaches to
qualitative research (case studies, narrative, phenomenology, grounded theory,
and ethnography), I am thinking of using the ethnography approach. If I do use
this approach, what would be the next best choice for research questions such
as whether being a fire-fighter is stressful? Why is this the case? What are
the reasons contributing to the stress? Is it the firefighters’ personality or
the nature of the job? Is stress of the job higher in others and less in some?
How do they cope and manage? These are perhaps some question I am considering.
So if I use the ethnography approach with these questions, what would be the
next best approach to choose and between the two approaches which is the best
fit.
