Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This article accomplishes two goals. First, it diagnoses the risks of importing phenomenological methods and concepts into qualitative research. Phenomenological methods introduce inherent risks, because their aims are structurally misaligned with qualitative inquiry, while the risks of using phenomenological concepts are contingent, stemming from misinterpretation and the lack of a guiding framework. Second, it prescribes how phenomenology can be integrated more productively by retiring Husserl’s methods as study procedures and adopting a concept-led framework that aligns phenomenological insights with empirical aims. This framework offers a clearer and more coherent basis for phenomenological qualitative research.
Source: Qualitative Inquiry
Author: Thomas Byrne
Institution: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7117650438