Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization

David Coghlan

• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Year: 2019
• Edition: 5
• eBook ISBN:
  9781526481696
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Social Science Research & Methodology
• Index: Social Sciences

Concise and unintimidating, the fifth edition of this bestselling book is the only pragmatic, quick-start guide to the main theories, issues, and approaches to insider action research.

With an encouraging and approachable tone, David is the perfect mentor for anyone conducting action research in their own organization. Calming nerves at the same time as building confidence, he helps readers devise an appropriate research design that anticipates possible challenges and fits within the limits of their environments.

A complete do-it-yourself toolkit for every step of the action research process, this edition is outfitted with:

• Real-world student and professional case studies
• Author video tips
• Annotated templates
• Progress checklists
• Journal articles, weblinks, and other further reading.

To the point without losing clarity or thoroughness, this book is the hands-on manual for all the need-to-know facts about understanding and undertaking insider action research.

References

Adler, P.A. and Adler, P. (1987) Membership Roles in Field Research. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.

Alvesson, M. (2003) ‘Methodology for close up studies: Struggling with closeness and closure’, Higher Education, 46: 167–193.

Argyris, C. (1993) Knowledge for Action. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Argyris, C. (2003) ‘Actionable knowledge’, in T. Tsoukas and C. Knudsen (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Organization Theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 423–452.

Argyris, C. (2004) Reasons and Rationalizations: The Limits to Organizational Knowledge. New York: Oxford University Press.

Argyris, C., Putnam, R. and Smith, D. (1985) Action Science. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Argyris, C. and Schon, D. (1996) Organizational Learning II. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.

Arieli, D., Friedman, V.J. and Agbaria, K. (2009) ‘The paradox of participation in action research’, Action Research, 7: 263–290.

Asberg, R., Hummerdal, D. and Dekker, S. (2011) ‘There are no qualitative methods – nor quantitative for that matter: The misleading rhetoric of the qualitative–quantitative argument’, Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, 12 (5): 408–415.

Ashforth, B., Kreiner, G. and Fugate, M. (2000) ‘All in a day’s work: Boundaries and micro role transitions’, Academy of Management Review, 25: 472–491.

Atienza, C.M. (2017) ‘Building organizational identity: An insider action research from a founders’ viewpoint’, Systemic Practice and Action Research, 30: 569–592.

Austin, D. (2017) ‘Facilitating health professional wellbeing following critical incidents: An action research study’, PhD thesis. Auckland University of Technology. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/10947 (accessed 6 July 2018).

Banks, S. and Brydon-Miller, M. (eds) (2018) Ethics in Participatory Research for Health and Social Well-Being: Cases and Commentaries. Abingdon: Routledge.

Barden, G. (1991) After Principles. South Bend, IN: Notre Dame University Press.

Bargal, D. (2006) ‘Personal and intellectual influences leading to Lewin’s paradigm of action research’, Action Research, ...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Publisher Note
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• About the Author
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Online Resources
• I Foundations
• One Introducing Action Research
• Two Researching Your Own Organization
• Three Knowing-in-Action
• Four Understanding Action Research
• II Issues And Challenges In Researching Your Own Organization
• Five Preunderstanding, Role Duality and Access
• Six Managing Ethics and Organizational Politics
• III Implementation
• Seven Constructing and Selecting Your Insider Action Research Project
• Eight Designing and Implementing Your Action Research Project
• Nine Using Frameworks to Study Organizations in Action
• Ten Interlevel Dynamics in Insider Action Research
• Eleven Writing Up Your Insider Action Research Work
• Twelve In Conclusion
• Glossary
• References
• Author Index
• Subject Index