Purpose

This paper provides critical insights into the contextual challenges of researching indigenous people in Vietnam's public sector organisations.

Design/methodology/approach

Drawing on a study of indigenous employee voice and inclusion in public sector organisations in three locations in the Central Highlands region, the researcher engages in self and methodological reflections to explain the challenges faced.

Findings

This paper identifies and discusses the challenging issues of political sensitivity, data access, availability and consistency of quantitative data, and characteristics of indigenous participants in the context of Vietnam.

Practical implications

This paper benefits directly those who are interested in researching Vietnam's indigenous people in future. Further, it contributes to the global conversation on the challenges of conducting indigenous research, particularly in reaching out to indigenous populations and obtaining reliable data in order to capture indigenous voice and experiences.

Originality/value

There is a dearth of knowledge of indigenous research in non-Western countries where indigenous people are not recognised officially by the government. This paper addresses this knowledge gap by focusing on cultural, political and societal issues of indigenous research from Vietnam.

中文翻译：

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在越南公共部门组织进行本土研究：挑战和建议

目的

本文提供了对越南公共部门组织中研究土著人民的背景挑战的重要见解。

设计/方法/方法

研究人员利用对中部高地地区三个地点的公共部门组织中土著员工的声音和包容性的研究，进行自我反思和方法论反思，以解释面临的挑战。

发现

本文确定并讨论了政治敏感性、数据访问、定量数据的可用性和一致性以及越南背景下土著参与者的特征等具有挑战性的问题。

实际影响

本文直接使那些对未来研究越南土著人民感兴趣的人受益。此外，它有助于就进行土著研究的挑战进行全球对话，特别是在接触土著人口和获取可靠数据以捕捉土著声音和经验方面。

原创性/价值

在政府不正式承认土著人民的非西方国家，缺乏土著研究的知识。本文通过关注越南本土研究的文化、政治和社会问题来解决这一知识差距。