Pushing Action Research Toward Reflexive Practice

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(Engaging or Avoiding) Change Through Reflexive Practices

“…Thus the accounts acknowledged that being struck (Cunliffe, 2002a) is not necessarily always triggered by a critical event, but can build up over time towards the realization of arresting moments (Greig et al, 2013). More importantly, the focus on our own life stories allowed for rich conversations in which detailed, small-scale recollections and plausible meanings could be related to other discourses and meanings (Ripamonti et al, 2016), particularly those outlined in our initial conceptual framework.…”

“…Our approach, therefore, involved engaging otherness through the multiple interpretations offered by each team member (affording rich and generative conversations) and enacting connectedness between team members and the literature, as evidenced in our articulation of reflexive modes in the previous section, as we continually resolved our insights in a single text . This kind of process of engagement and enactment can enable meaning-making and change (Ripamonti, Galuppo, Gorli, Scaratti, & Cunliffe, 2016).…”

“…We took this approach since such accounts can facilitate the exploration of practices associated with a profession -in this case our shared academic profession -and how such practices are constituted and connected (Ripamonti et al, 2016).…”

The Dialogue: an Essential Component to Consider “Organization as a Community of Persons”

“…However, many researchers in action research build theories to apply them, which is what practitioners expect. They emphasize the transfer of knowledge rather than a real collaborative engagement (Ripamonti et al 2015).…”

“…Action research is a fertile way of narrowing the gap between the researcher and practitioner (Ripamonti et al 2015). We use Reason and Hilary (2001) definition for this method as described at the beginning of the Handbook of Action Research:…”