Activity 2

Influences on the worker/researcher

Whilst contemplating the role of the worker/researcher and the advantages and disadvantages that it might entail, I was able to come up with both positive and negative aspects of someone undertaking the role. However since summer is on its way, the sun is finally coming out and the snow melting, I am leaning towards a more positive outlook on life and so have chosen to talk about one of the advantages.

I believe that one of the benefits of being a worker/researcher is that you are surrounded and motivated by the thing that inspired you in the first place; your job. When choosing a project topic, a lot of emphasis was put on the fact that the researcher needs to be inspired and passionate about their topic and as much as possible have it present in their daily routine. A worker/researcher has the support of the organisation surrounding them as well as their own personal interest and that of their peers to motivate them. An outsider researcher may lack key motivation if they do not receive much support from the organisation they wish to work with, and because they are detached from the people participating, may lack the interest and passion that is necessary to do the job thoroughly and make any kind of difference. They may also have less or more restricted access to the organisation that is concerned therefore gaining less experience of the problem that they are trying to research.