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TOWARDS A DEFINITION OF ACTION RESEARCH: A NOTE AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
Author(s) -
Hult Margareta,
Lennung SvenÅke
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of management studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.398
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1467-6486
pISSN - 0022-2380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6486.1980.tb00087.x
Subject(s) - action (physics) , process (computing) , management science , computer science , action research , epistemology , bibliography , sociology , process management , engineering ethics , knowledge management , business , economics , engineering , pedagogy , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , library science , operating system
Action research simultaneously assists in practical problem‐solving and expands scientific knowledge, as well as enhances the competencies of the respective actors, being performed collaboratively in an immediate situation using data feedback in a cyclical process aiming at an increased understanding of a given social situation, primarily applicable for the understanding of change processes in social systems and undertaken within a mutually acceptable ethical framework.