Open AccessThe criticism of action research in administration as a way of rescue of its potential for the contextualized action
Author(s) -
Angélica Pereira Soares,
Débora Coutinho Paschoal Dourado
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
contextus
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2178-9258
pISSN - 1678-2089
DOI - 10.19094/contextus.2022.71897
Subject(s) - transformative learning , spell , action (physics) , action research , context (archaeology) , criticism , intervention (counseling) , administration (probate law) , field (mathematics) , engineering ethics , psychology , sociology , political science , engineering , law , pedagogy , history , physics , mathematics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , psychiatry , anthropology , pure mathematics
This article aimed to analyze how the action research has been applied in the field of Administration in Brazil. A bibliographical research was carried out from the Scientific Periodicals Electronic Library (SPELL). For the research corpus, 22 articles were selected, analyzed from four predefined categories: intervention, intervention with participation, beneficiaries, and sociopolitical or technical aspects. The findings indicate that most of the analyzed articles use action research in a limited way, reducing it to a technique for solving management issues and deviating its transformative potentiality. Here, we highlight the importance of an action research that considers the context of those involved, so that ready-made solutions are not applied to the problems of the studied collectivity.