Since the turn of the millennium, various ways of "turning to practice" have resurfaced as major concerns of organisational researchers. And once again, the call is out for relevant and actionable knowledge among management and organisational researchers. This book shows how action research and related approaches have turned to practice by developing knowledge both from practice and for practice without giving up on theoretical and methodological ambitions. Contributions from Norway, Ireland, France, and the USA are included, relating action based approaches to other more mainstream methodological and theoretical approaches. How can practical alternatives to both explanatory and interpretative approaches be developed? How can we devise methods that actually support both practical change and creation of valid knowledge? How can we include local knowledge in the research process? The authors - all organisation researchers - present different answers but are united in addressing and discussing urgent questions like these.

About the Author
The Editors: Benedicte Brogger is an anthropologist currently working as a postdoctoral fellow at the Norwegian School of Management Bl with an affiliation with the Work Research Institute in Oslo.
Olav Eikeland is a philosopher currently working as research director and professor of education and work research at the Akershus University College (Norway).
Both editors have for many years previously worked as researchers at the Work Research Institute in Oslo.


Book Information
ISBN 9783631594469
Author Benedicte Brogger
Format Hardback
Page Count 288
Imprint Peter Lang AG
Publisher Peter Lang AG
Weight(grams) 540g