Zuzana Broskevičová, Barbora Gřundělová
Negotiating Relationships Between Researchers, Gatekeepers, and Hard-to-Reach Groups of Population as a Challenge for Social Work Research
Číslo: 1/2023
Periodikum: Sociální práce
Klíčová slova: gatekeeper, hard-to-reach, relationships, access, cooperation
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OBJECTIVES: In this paper, we try to answer the question of how social work research collaboration
with gatekeepers is negotiated, and how it is maintained or hindered during the research process.
THEORETICAL BASE: The basis is critical theory. Critical research on gatekeepers that takes
into account the power position of the “intermediary” can help understand not only the benefits
of gatekeeper involvement, but also the barriers to cooperation and the gatekeeper’s manipulation
strategies. METHODS: The presented literature review looks at the different relationships that
exist between researchers, gatekeepers, and socially excluded people. Based on an analysis of thirty
research papers, we identified barriers and catalysts to negotiating research relationships between
researchers, gatekeepers, and hard-to-reach groups, and described two theoretical conceptions of
collaboration with gatekeepers in social work research. OUTCOMES: These conceptions deal
with vertical and horizontal social ties, relationships of power, and trust between actors in the
research process. Gaining researcher access to hard-to-reach groups through gatekeepers has been
shown to be a dynamic interactive process that takes place within certain, more or less given
frameworks of opportunities and barriers. SOCIAL WORK IMPLICATIONS: This article
provides a unique insight into the findings relevant to research on various hard-to-reach, hidden
and vulnerable populations in social work.
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with gatekeepers is negotiated, and how it is maintained or hindered during the research process.
THEORETICAL BASE: The basis is critical theory. Critical research on gatekeepers that takes
into account the power position of the “intermediary” can help understand not only the benefits
of gatekeeper involvement, but also the barriers to cooperation and the gatekeeper’s manipulation
strategies. METHODS: The presented literature review looks at the different relationships that
exist between researchers, gatekeepers, and socially excluded people. Based on an analysis of thirty
research papers, we identified barriers and catalysts to negotiating research relationships between
researchers, gatekeepers, and hard-to-reach groups, and described two theoretical conceptions of
collaboration with gatekeepers in social work research. OUTCOMES: These conceptions deal
with vertical and horizontal social ties, relationships of power, and trust between actors in the
research process. Gaining researcher access to hard-to-reach groups through gatekeepers has been
shown to be a dynamic interactive process that takes place within certain, more or less given
frameworks of opportunities and barriers. SOCIAL WORK IMPLICATIONS: This article
provides a unique insight into the findings relevant to research on various hard-to-reach, hidden
and vulnerable populations in social work.