Abraham B Shani
Biographic Data
| ID | 4145428 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abraham B Shani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abraham B |
| FAMILY NAME | Shani |
| SIGNATURE | SHANI A B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stockholm School of Economics |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9771-4357 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Action research in business and management: A reflective review
In the context of business and management, action research operates in the realm of strategies, practical tasks, and structured hierarchical organizational systems in diverse industries and across multiple business functions and disciplines. This article reflects on action research in generating actionable knowledge in this particular domain and shares the authors’ perspective on future developments. The reflection explores a small number of acti…
Abductive Reasoning as the Integrating Mechanism between First- Second- and Third-Person Practice in Action Research
Exploring Doctorateness in Insider Action Research
While debates about the nature of ‘doctorateness’ are prevalent in higher education, what this might mean in the context of insider action research, where action research is undertaken by members of an organisation or community, has not received any attention. This article explores how an insider action research engagement in a thesis and core project generates a synergy between the actions, a deep discipline knowledge, competence in research thr…
Developing the practice of leading change through insider action research: A dynamic capability perspective
Creating Sustainable Work Systems: Developing Social Sustainability
Insider action research: Facing the challenges of new capability development within a biopharma company
Insider action research is viewed as a means and an end in the development of new organizational capabilities. Building on the literature that is based in the fields of business strategy, insider action research, learning mechanisms and organization development, we develop a model of new organizational capabilities development. Three longitudinal action research projects within AstraZeneca are described and examined using the model. Many of the c…
Sociotechnical Systems: A North American Reflection on Empirical Studies of the Seventies
This paper reviews the development of sociotechnical systems theory and research over the past 30 years, paying particular attention to the evolution of the paradigm in North America during the past decade. Elements of sociotechnical systems theory discussed here include the conceptualization of social systems, technical systems, and open systems, joint optimization, organizational choice, variance control, boundary location, support congruence, …
Adolescents Educated in Israel and in the Soviet Union: Differences in Moral Judgment
Moral judgments on a relativistic-realistic dimension of two groups of adolescents were measured. One hundred Israeli- and 100 Soviet-educated adolescents who had recently arrived in Israel were given a specially designed instrument-the Morality Shifting in Adolescence Questionnaire. Soviet-educated adolescents were significantly more realistically oriented in their moral judgment than the Israelis. It was also found that, in both groups, girls w…
Sociotechnical Systems: A North American Reflection on Empirical Studies of the Seventies
This paper reviews the development of sociotechnical systems theory and research over the past 30 years, paying particular attention to the evolution of the paradigm in North America during the past decade. Elements of sociotechnical systems theory discussed here include the conceptualization of social systems, technical systems, and open systems, joint optimization, organizational choice, variance control, boundary location, support congruence, …
Abductive Reasoning as the Integrating Mechanism between First- Second- and Third-Person Practice in Action Research
Insider action research: Facing the challenges of new capability development within a biopharma company
Insider action research is viewed as a means and an end in the development of new organizational capabilities. Building on the literature that is based in the fields of business strategy, insider action research, learning mechanisms and organization development, we develop a model of new organizational capabilities development. Three longitudinal action research projects within AstraZeneca are described and examined using the model. Many of the c…
Exploring Doctorateness in Insider Action Research
While debates about the nature of ‘doctorateness’ are prevalent in higher education, what this might mean in the context of insider action research, where action research is undertaken by members of an organisation or community, has not received any attention. This article explores how an insider action research engagement in a thesis and core project generates a synergy between the actions, a deep discipline knowledge, competence in research thr…
Adolescents Educated in Israel and in the Soviet Union: Differences in Moral Judgment
Moral judgments on a relativistic-realistic dimension of two groups of adolescents were measured. One hundred Israeli- and 100 Soviet-educated adolescents who had recently arrived in Israel were given a specially designed instrument-the Morality Shifting in Adolescence Questionnaire. Soviet-educated adolescents were significantly more realistically oriented in their moral judgment than the Israelis. It was also found that, in both groups, girls w…
Adolescents Educated in Israel and in the Soviet Union: Differences in Moral Judgment
Moral judgments on a relativistic-realistic dimension of two groups of adolescents were measured. One hundred Israeli- and 100 Soviet-educated adolescents who had recently arrived in Israel were given a specially designed instrument-the Morality Shifting in Adolescence Questionnaire. Soviet-educated adolescents were significantly more realistically oriented in their moral judgment than the Israelis. It was also found that, in both groups, girls w…
Sociotechnical Systems: A North American Reflection on Empirical Studies of the Seventies
This paper reviews the development of sociotechnical systems theory and research over the past 30 years, paying particular attention to the evolution of the paradigm in North America during the past decade. Elements of sociotechnical systems theory discussed here include the conceptualization of social systems, technical systems, and open systems, joint optimization, organizational choice, variance control, boundary location, support congruence, …
Insider action research: Facing the challenges of new capability development within a biopharma company
Insider action research is viewed as a means and an end in the development of new organizational capabilities. Building on the literature that is based in the fields of business strategy, insider action research, learning mechanisms and organization development, we develop a model of new organizational capabilities development. Three longitudinal action research projects within AstraZeneca are described and examined using the model. Many of the c…
Creating Sustainable Work Systems: Developing Social Sustainability
Developing the practice of leading change through insider action research: A dynamic capability perspective
Exploring Doctorateness in Insider Action Research
While debates about the nature of ‘doctorateness’ are prevalent in higher education, what this might mean in the context of insider action research, where action research is undertaken by members of an organisation or community, has not received any attention. This article explores how an insider action research engagement in a thesis and core project generates a synergy between the actions, a deep discipline knowledge, competence in research thr…
Abductive Reasoning as the Integrating Mechanism between First- Second- and Third-Person Practice in Action Research
Action research in business and management: A reflective review
In the context of business and management, action research operates in the realm of strategies, practical tasks, and structured hierarchical organizational systems in diverse industries and across multiple business functions and disciplines. This article reflects on action research in generating actionable knowledge in this particular domain and shares the authors’ perspective on future developments. The reflection explores a small number of acti…
Action research (5 works) · Engineering (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Complex Systems and Decision Making (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Engineering ethics (4 works) · Management and Organizational Studies (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Action (physics (3 works)