In this short note, I would like to share with fellow researchers a few interesting incidents encountered in the fieldwork of my doctoral research conducted in Singapore and China. Some of these incidents were related to my identity as a researcher. Using the perspective of social identity theory, I argue that a researcher's identity can be a critical success factor for conducting cross-national research.
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Tayeb, Monir1991'Inside story: The sufferings and joys of doctoral research' . Organization Studies12/2: 301-304 .
