Action Research [[electronic resource] ] : From practice to writing in an international action research development program

• Autore: Greenwood Davydd J
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam/Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (290 p.)
• Disciplina: 300.72
• Soggetto topico: Action research; Social Change; Sociology & Social History; Social Sciences
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: ACTION RESEARCH; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Contents; Preface; PART I; Chapter 1. On the Design of the ACRES Program; Chapter 2. Action Research Paradigms; Chapter 3. Research in ACRES; Chapter 4. Organizational Processes in ACRES; Chapter 5. The Rhetoric of Action Research: Writing in the ACRES Program; Chapter 6. The Rhetoric of Action Research: Views from ACRES Participants; PART II; Chapter 7. Applied Research or Action Research? Different or Complementary Methods; Chapter 8. Linking Social Science Working Life Research and Work Reform: A Role for Universities ; Chapter 9. The Action Research Tradition in the United StatesChapter 10. Bottom-up Organizational Change: The Segerström Case; Chapter 11. Setting the Scene for Effective Dialogue Between Men and Women at Work; Chapter 12. Do We Need a Gender Perspective in Action Research on Work Organizations?; Chapter 13. Learning to Learn: Participatory Action Research in Public Schools; Chapter 14. How About a Dialogue? The Communicative Perspective Meets the Socioecological Perspective; References; Subject Index; Name Index; the series DIALOGUES ON WORK AND INNOVATION
• Sommario/riassunto: Supported bilaterally by Sweden and Norway, the Scandinavian Action Research Development Program (ACRES - Action Research in Scandinavia) emphasized conceptualizing research questions and self-conscious writing processes for experienced action researchers. Participants came from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Holland, Great Britain, and the United States.A learning experiment in the tradition of Scandinavian industrial democracy, ACRES had both intellectual and organizational tensions common to action research projects. This book includes theoretical and historical overviews of action research
• Titolo autorizzato: Action Research
• ISBN: 1-282-16356-6; 9786612163562; 90-272-9939-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782200003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Dialogues on Work and Innovation