Participatory work-along implies a method whereby the researcher learns through entering into
a direct working relationship with people and performing work activities together with them. This
method can provide a solid empirical basis for understanding practice as well as the opportunity
to uncover practices that are taken for granted. The possibilities work-along in an apprenticeship
role can offer to a researcher studying work organizations and work practices, as well as challenges
related to such a methodological approach, are discussed in relation to fieldwork carried out within
the public care system for elderly people in Norway and Sweden.
Author Biography
Carl Cato Wadel, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stavanger
