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participants by requesting more detailed answers and adjusting potential
misunderstandings. In particular, the researcher did not force the participants to use
some particular expressions to answers the questions. If required, the researcher tried
to clarify some questions by paraphrasing the questions or providing examples.
In this study, the semi-structured and in-depth interviews were used as a
qualitative research strategy. The semi-structured interviews allowed the researcher to
probe for more details by going beyond the answers to deep into respondents' approach
and experiences. Accordingly, in-depth interviews enabled the researcher to probe why
the respondents answered questions in particular ways by asking immediate follow-up
questions. In this study, the interviewees' responses were not assigned to
predetermined categories; instead, they were recorded with the interviewees' own
words as stated. Researcher can find a part of the produced knowledge in a given
situation by interaction with research topic (Flick, 2007). The researcher focused on the
TNP officers' individual experiences that provided insights to understand experience of
other TNP peacekeeping officers' experiences in a similar context.
Besides flexibility and emic approach, an interview's success depends on asking
right questions. Being familiar with interviewees' educational backgrounds,
organizational cultures, and values are important factors that help the researcher to get
sought information (Dantzker & Hunter, 2006). In this study, the researcher was
knowledgeable about the respondent's backgrounds, cultures, and values because he
was a member of the same organization. Also, the researcher managed semi-structured
and in-depth interviews because he had similar experiences in conducting interviews in
his background. In addition, the researcher conducted emic interviews because an emic

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