Exploring the complexities of validity claims in action research

McInnes, P.A. and Hibbert, P.C. and Beech, P.N.H. (2007) Exploring the complexities of validity claims in action research. Management Research News, 30 (5). pp. 381-390. ISSN 0140-9174

Abstract

The paper considers the disparate language games of both practitioners and academics as the attempt to construct claims to 'validity' in action research. Drawing upon a depth of research experience, the paper identifies four phases in the research process in which researchers and practitioners must negotiate their roles and what counts as valid output from the research process. It argues that the epistemic assumptions underlying claims by researchers, practitioners and, latterly, those who read published outputs, generate ongoing complexities in the interpretation of the validity of research.

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McInnes, P.A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9069-0647

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  Item type:	Article
  ID code:	13279
  Dates:	Date Event 2007 Published
  Keywords:	action research, language, epistemology, identity, Management. Industrial Management, Social Sciences (General), Business, Management and Accounting(all)
  Subjects:	Social Sciences > Industries. Land use. Labor > Management. Industrial Management Social Sciences > Social Sciences (General)
  Department:	Strathclyde Business School > Strategy and Organisation Strathclyde Business School > Graduate School of Business
  Depositing user:	Dr Peter McInnes
  Date deposited:	13 Nov 2009 10:53
  Last modified:	20 Jan 2021 18:04
  URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/13279