Interviews are an important method for studying a wide range of phenomena, especially those that directly involve members of the so-called business elite, which typically includes CEOs, top managers, and boards of directors. While it is necessary to get close to these actors and their settings for gaining valuable research insights, interviews are challenging interactions to accomplish. Even when one has negotiated access, members of the business elite are typically time-constrained, knowledgeable, used to being in a dominant position, and visible in the public domain and involved in impression management. These particularities pose distinctive challenges for collecting rich and authentic empirical material about important organizational, managerial, and societal matters. Drawing on our own experience, as well as the literature on qualitative interviewing and elites research, we discuss how different research designs and interview practices can help deal with these challenges.

访谈是研究广泛现象的一种重要方法，尤其是那些直接涉及所谓的企业精英成员的现象，这些精英通常包括CEO，高层管理人员和董事会。为了获得有价值的研究见解，有必要与这些行为者及其角色保持紧密联系，而访谈却对完成互动提出了挑战。即使经过协商访问权限，业务精英成员通常也受时间限制，知识渊博，习惯于处于主导地位，在公共领域中可见并参与印象管理。这些特殊性对于收集有关重要组织，管理和社会事务的丰富而真实的经验材料提出了独特的挑战。根据我们自己的经验，