“Not for the fainthearted”: Engaging in cross-national comparative research |
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Authors: | Paula Gardner Keiko Katagiri John Parsons Jeonghwa Lee Radha Thevannoor |
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Institution: | 1. Bridgepoint Collaboratory for Research and Innovation Bridgepoint Health, Canada;2. Dalla Lana School of Public Health University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada;3. Institute for Social Gerontology, Nipponkoa Welfare Foundation, Tokyo, Japan;4. School of Nursing, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand;5. Department of Family Environment & Welfare, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea;6. School of Communication and Management Studies (SCMS), Cochin, Kerala, India |
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Abstract: | Gerontologists are increasingly taking up the challenge of cross-national research and while there has been an increase in reporting on the product (findings) of this type of scholarship, there has been much less written about the process (methodology) of this approach, particularly in the gerontological literature. In 2009 our newly formed research team enthusiastically embarked on a cross-national comparative research study of social isolation and aging. In this paper, we ‘publicly’ reflect on our research process, sharing what we have learned — what ‘happened’, strategies that ‘worked’, places along the way where we might have intervened to mitigate the difficulties we encountered, and the implications of our experience on our research. Integrating the knowledge gained through our lens as newcomers to international comparative research, we end by presenting a Conceptual Framework for Cross-National Research. |
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