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Janet Smithson
Researcher at University of Exeter
Publications - 91
Citations - 3593
Janet Smithson is an academic researcher from University of Exeter. The author has contributed to research in topics: Qualitative research & Context (language use). The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 83 publications receiving 3270 citations. Previous affiliations of Janet Smithson include Manchester Metropolitan University & Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry.
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Using and analysing focus groups: Limitations and possibilities
TL;DR: The authors examined some methodological issues associated with the use and analysis of focus groups in social science research and argued that what distinguishes this methodology from other methods is the interactions which take place within focus groups, and that this should be reflected in analysis of the data.
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Discourses of Work–Life Balance: Negotiating ‘Genderblind’ Terms in Organizations
Janet Smithson,Elizabeth Stokoe +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine current debates about gender equality, work-life balance and flexible working, and show that despite the increasingly gender-neutral language of official discourses, participants consistently reformulate the debates around gendered explanations and assumptions.
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Making Gender Relevant: Conversation Analysis and Gender Categories in Interaction:
Elizabeth Stokoe,Janet Smithson +1 more
TL;DR: The authors evaluate a conversation analytic approach to the study of the links between gender and language from a feminist perspective and suggest that a CA approach produces a rich understanding of the link between discourse and gender, but they are critical of several unexamined aspects and conundrums of conversation analytic methodology.
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Sense of Entitlement to Support for the Reconciliation of Employment and Family Life
Suzan Lewis,Janet Smithson +1 more
TL;DR: This article explored young European women and men's expectations of support from the state and employers for reconciling paid employment and family life, and found that participants perceived their entitlement to state and employer support differently across national context.
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Is job insecurity changing the psychological contract
Janet Smithson,Suzan Lewis +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined young adults' perspectives on and experiences of job insecurity, including both objective insecurity and perceived uncertainty, as they emerged in a series of focus groups and interviews.