In Search of a Research Strategy: Evaluation of an Ethics Program for Social Professionals Using Elements of the Most Significant Change Approach
In this article, we describe a study on the impact of an ethics program aimed at strengthening the ethical agency of 15 social workers of three welfare organizations. The goal of the study was to make an inventory of the impact of the program, and to evaluate the relevance of this impact with the he...
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| description | In this article, we describe a study on the impact of an ethics program aimed at strengthening the ethical agency of 15 social workers of three welfare organizations. The goal of the study was to make an inventory of the impact of the program, and to evaluate the relevance of this impact with the help of several stakeholders. The most significant change (MSC) approach was used as a research strategy, though some changes to the approach were made with a view to our research goal. We explain the MSC approach and how we used it in our study design. Further, we describe the research process, answering the question whether our adaptation of the MSC was helpful to inventory the impact of our ethics program and the evaluation of its relevance. The implications of MSC's focus on "most significant" changes and the need for a thorough feedback of the results of the evaluation process in the participating organizations are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-25d54ac0710b4084bec483c7c2c8770e2022-12-22T03:16:36ZdeuFQSForum: Qualitative Social Research1438-56272020-01-0121110.17169/fqs-21.1.32822065In Search of a Research Strategy: Evaluation of an Ethics Program for Social Professionals Using Elements of the Most Significant Change ApproachSabrina Keinemans0Mariӫl Kanne1Ed De Jonge2Zuyd University of Applied SciencesHU University of Applied Sciences UtrechtHU University of Applied Sciences UtrechtIn this article, we describe a study on the impact of an ethics program aimed at strengthening the ethical agency of 15 social workers of three welfare organizations. The goal of the study was to make an inventory of the impact of the program, and to evaluate the relevance of this impact with the help of several stakeholders. The most significant change (MSC) approach was used as a research strategy, though some changes to the approach were made with a view to our research goal. We explain the MSC approach and how we used it in our study design. Further, we describe the research process, answering the question whether our adaptation of the MSC was helpful to inventory the impact of our ethics program and the evaluation of its relevance. The implications of MSC's focus on "most significant" changes and the need for a thorough feedback of the results of the evaluation process in the participating organizations are discussed.http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/3282ethicsprofessionalizationmoral case deliberationethics programmoral reflectionethics workmost significant change approachevaluation research |
| spellingShingle | Sabrina Keinemans Mariӫl Kanne Ed De Jonge In Search of a Research Strategy: Evaluation of an Ethics Program for Social Professionals Using Elements of the Most Significant Change Approach Forum: Qualitative Social Research ethics professionalization moral case deliberation ethics program moral reflection ethics work most significant change approach evaluation research |
| title | In Search of a Research Strategy: Evaluation of an Ethics Program for Social Professionals Using Elements of the Most Significant Change Approach |
| title_full | In Search of a Research Strategy: Evaluation of an Ethics Program for Social Professionals Using Elements of the Most Significant Change Approach |
| title_fullStr | In Search of a Research Strategy: Evaluation of an Ethics Program for Social Professionals Using Elements of the Most Significant Change Approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | In Search of a Research Strategy: Evaluation of an Ethics Program for Social Professionals Using Elements of the Most Significant Change Approach |
| title_short | In Search of a Research Strategy: Evaluation of an Ethics Program for Social Professionals Using Elements of the Most Significant Change Approach |
| title_sort | in search of a research strategy evaluation of an ethics program for social professionals using elements of the most significant change approach |
| topic | ethics professionalization moral case deliberation ethics program moral reflection ethics work most significant change approach evaluation research |
| url | http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/3282 |
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