Can anyone recommend some good literature on undertaking semi-structured qualitative interviews? I'm particularly interested in how to best develop questions for this kind of interview.

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Morning PhDer

I used these:

Denzin, N.K. and Lincoln, Y.S. eds. (2005) The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research (3rd ed.). London: Sage Publications Inc.

Flick, U. (2006) An introduction to qualitative research (3rd ed.). London: Sage Publications Ltd.

Holstein, J.A. and Gubrium, J.F. eds. (2003) Inside interviewing: new lenses, new concerns. London: Sage Publications Inc. - chapters in this one cover lots of different aspects of interviewing and analysis. I found it very good. Lots of it available via Google books at:
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=erLspquhd5MC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Inside+interviewing:+new+lenses,+new+concerns&hl=en&ei=7yxrTvHFD4i8-Qb4uODcBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false - although you can't beat having a hardcopy.

Also the journal Qualitative Research is well worth looking at for ideas and also The Qualitative Report - open source resource with a number of good articles, available at: http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/

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This is great Ady, thanks so much

The development of questions will also depend on your research question and the analysis method, so you might want to look at what is recommended for that specific approach as well. Good luck!