Titolo completo
STUDI ORGANIZZATIVI
Editore
FrancoAngeli
ISSN
0391-8769 (Rivista Stampata)
1972-4969 (Rivista Online)
Numero del fascicolo
2
Designazione del fascicolo
2
Data del fascicolo
2022
Titolo completo
An assessment of the scientific merits of action research
Di (autore)
Prima Pagina
135
Ultima Pagina
161
Lingua del testo
Inglese
Data di publicazione
2023/01
Copyright
2022FrancoAngeli srl
Introduzione o prefazione
This article describes the deficiencies of positivist science for generating knowledge for use in solving problems that members of organizations face. Action research is introduced as a method for correcting these deficiencies. When action research is tested against the criteria of positivist science, action research is found not to meet its critical tests. The appropriateness of positivist science is questioned as a basis for judging the scientific merits of action research. Action research can base its legitimacy as science in philosophical traditions that are different from those which legitimate positivist science. Criteria and methods of science appropriate to action research are offered.
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