New Directions in Action Research

Chapter 1. Some principles and procedures for the conduct of action research Chapter 2. Reflexivity in emancipatory action research - illustrating the researcher's constitutiveness Chapter 3. Got a philosophical match? does it matter? Chapter 4. Collaborative, self-critical and reciprocal inquiry through memory work Chapter 5. Emancipatory action research for management and organizational development Chapter 6. Towards empowering leadership - the importance of imagining Chapter 7. Emancipatory action research - a critical alternative to personnel development or a new way of patronizing people Chapter 8. Becoming critical of action research for development Chapter 9. Exposing discourses through action research Chapter 10. Managing change through action research - a postmodern perspective on appraisal Chapter 11. Emancipatory aspirations in a postmodern era Chapter 12. Issues for participatory action researchers

This collection provides a worldwide perspective on action research, a process which covers educational, professional, managerial and organizational development.