An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Action Research in Work Organizations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9890108 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Foster (0000-0001-6710-9156, Tavistock Institute, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 529-556 |
| Publication date | 1972-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Relations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7267 • E-ISSN: 1741-282X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/001872677202500605 |
| OpenAlex | W1973330494 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 53 |
Action (physics · Action research · Economics · Epistemology · Management · Organizational theory · Pedagogy · Sociology · Work (physics · Community Health and Development · Engineering · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Information Systems Theories and Implementation · Philosophy · Psychology
Action research for operations management
Action Research for Management Research
In Search of Common Ground
“Back of the House” Considerations in Decolonizing Food Systems Education
The emergence of problem structuring methods, 1950s–1989
How far do we go? Involving students as partners for redesigning teaching
Principles of canonical action research
A discursive approach to organization development
Action research in business and management
The Metamorphoses of Workflow Projects in their Early Stages
Nothing about us without us”
Organizational and behavioural consequences of uncertainty
Public service operational efficiency and blockchain – A case study of Companies House, UK
Entering the European Information Society
Conceptualizing organizational discourse as situated symbolic action
The Change Agent
Gathering Data in a Changing Organization
The Process of Job Redesign
Towards the Development of a Sociotechnical Systems Model in Woodlands Mechanical Harvesting
Museums and culture-driven innovation in public-private consortia
Applied Organizational Change in Industry
Current concepts of positive mental health.
Experiences in Groups
The Theory of Open Systems in Physics and Biology
The affluent worker
Alienation and Freedom
Integrating the Individual and the Organization
The Design of Jobs
Sanction
The Computer and the Clerk
Form and Content in Industrial Democracy
Resolving social conflicts and field theory in social science
The Resuscitation of Social Change
Job enlargement, individual differences, and worker responses
Dimensions of the Consultant's Job 1
Whatever Happened to Action Research
Three Dilemmas in Action Research
Frontiers in Group Dynamics
A Theoretical Approach to Action Research
Some Social and Psychological Consequences of the Longwall Method of Coal-Getting
The Causal Texture of Organizational Environments
Frontiers in Group Dynamics
The Psychodynamics of an Inter-group Experience
Some Socio-technical Aspects of Automation
Group Feed-Back Analysis as a Change Agent
The Role of the Specialist in the Community
Social Research and its Diffusion
Manpower and Applied Psychology
Sociotechnical systems
The field of action research
Integrating the Individual and the Organisation
The Affluent Worker
Technology and the Structure of Organizations
Changing the Structure and Functioning of An Organization
Readings in Social Psychology
Operational Research and the Social Sciences
Readings in Social Psychology
Exploration in Management
Experiences in Groups and Other Papers
The Social Role of the Settlement House
| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,43 |
| Citation span | 1979 - 2025 (47) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |