TOWARDS A DEFINITION OF ACTION RESEARCH: A NOTE AND BIBLIOGRAPHY

Margareta Hult and Sven‐Åke Lennung

Journal of Management Studies, 1980, vol. 17, issue 2, 241-250

Abstract: 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.

Date: 1980
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