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Action Research for Management Research
Author(s) -
Eden Colin,
Huxham Chris
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
british journal of management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.407
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1467-8551
pISSN - 1045-3172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8551.1996.tb00107.x
Subject(s) - generality , action (physics) , action research , quality (philosophy) , focus (optics) , management science , computer science , epistemology , sociology , engineering ethics , management , engineering , economics , physics , quantum mechanics , pedagogy , philosophy , optics
Action research has become increasingly prominent among management researchers as an espoused paradigm used to justify the validity of a range of research outputs. In this paper we introduce and discuss 12 contentions which, we argue, justify an action research project as quality research. The contentions are presented through a discussion of a number of important issues: generality and theory generation, the type of theory development appropriate to action research, the pragmatic focus of action research, designing action research and validity of action research.