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Conclusion and reflections 结论与思考

The Evaluative Study of Action Research

Pub Date : 2020-12-11 DOI: 10.4324/9781003134183-10

E. Piggot-Irvine, L. Ferkins, W. Rowe, S. Sankaran

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Thumbs up for action research in case studies from the Evaluative Study of Action Research 为《行动研究的评价研究》中的案例研究中的行动研究点赞

The Evaluative Study of Action Research

Pub Date : 2020-12-11 DOI: 10.4324/9781003134183-8

E. Piggot-Irvine, W. Rowe, L. Ferkins

A four-year, global, evaluative study of action research (ESAR) has sought to explore precursors, processes and impacts/outcomes of action research (AR) projects. This paper outlines the ESAR findings from six case studies designed to contribute to understanding of how AR works, and to deepen the recently reported mixed method (MM) findings from a widespread survey with 174 respondents. The previously published ESAR indicators were used as a guide for evaluation of the cases using interviews, a survey, documentary analysis, and Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS). In seeking to advance knowledge and understanding of the elements of AR that enhance outcomes and impact, considerable alignment with the MM survey findings was revealed. The results indicate that almost all the case projects exhibited strong AR elements associated with activity for precursors (focus clarification, engagement of key stakeholders, funding and support), processes (phased and planned yet flexible activity, data collection and analysis, ongoing collaboration, leadership and management), and outcomes/impacts (change outcomes, knowledge mobilisation, continuing action). Early and ongoing collaboration within the AR team and with stakeholders was most associated with effectiveness of projects to the extent that this element will be the entire focus of a further paper. An interesting finding also was a trend to MM data collection in projects. Overall, the findings considerably address a key aim of the ESAR, that is, to advance knowledge and understanding of the elements of AR that enhance outcomes and impact, including why or why not they have been effective.

一项为期四年的全球行动研究评价研究试图探索行动研究项目的前体、过程和影响/结果。本文概述了六个案例研究的ESAR发现，旨在帮助理解AR如何工作，并深化最近报告的混合方法(MM)发现，这些发现来自174名受访者的广泛调查。以前发表的ESAR指标被用作使用访谈、调查、文献分析和目标实现量表(GAS)对案例进行评估的指南。为了提高对增强结果和影响的AR要素的认识和理解，与MM调查结果显示了相当大的一致性。结果表明，几乎所有案例项目都表现出与前驱活动(重点澄清、关键利益相关者的参与、资金和支持)、过程(分阶段和计划但灵活的活动、数据收集和分析、持续合作、领导和管理)以及结果/影响(变革结果、知识动员、持续行动)相关的强大增强现实元素。增强现实团队内部和利益相关者之间的早期和持续的合作与项目的有效性密切相关，因此这一要素将成为下一篇论文的全部重点。一个有趣的发现是项目中MM数据收集的趋势。总体而言，这些发现在很大程度上解决了ESAR的一个关键目标，即增进对增强结果和影响的AR要素的认识和理解，包括它们为什么有效或为什么不有效。

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Developmental progress in conducting action research 开展行动研究的发展进展

The Evaluative Study of Action Research

Pub Date : 2017-09-01 DOI: 10.1002/SRES.2489

S. Sankaran, W. Rowe, P. Cady

Action research is widely acknowledged as an effective framework of empowerment and emancipation to improve a social situation or condition—an intent that appeals to leaders wishing to create improvement, particularly in low socioeconomic and disadvantaged communities. Validity of such espousals has been substantially unexplored, and where evaluations have occurred, they have been focused more on process than impact. A group of international researchers were engaged in an evaluative study of more than 100 action research initiatives, using a variety of methods, tools and conceptual frameworks. The maturity model for action research is one of the conceptual frameworks adopted in this Evaluative Study of Action Research. Maturity models have their origins in the capability maturity model developed to address the poor performance of software projects delivered to the US Department of Defence in the 1980s. The purpose of the capability maturity model was to help contractors increase capability to improve their software engineering processes from an ad hoc state to a more formal and repeatable state and, eventually, to optimize the processes to deliver consistent outcomes. Maturity models have now found their way into many other organizational contexts, such as project management, knowledge management, process management and research capability. However, the term ‘maturity model’ is usually associated with business jargon and quantitative research. Therefore, the authors of this article felt the concept could be made more palatable to action researchers by rephrasing it as ‘maturity profile’ to improve the ways in which they manage their projects to deliver sustainable outcomes. This resulted in the development of the maturity profile described in this article. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

行动研究被广泛认为是赋权和解放的有效框架，可以改善社会状况或条件，这一意图吸引了希望创造改善的领导者，特别是在社会经济地位较低和处境不利的社区。这种支持的有效性基本上没有得到探索，在进行评价的地方，它们更多地侧重于过程而不是影响。一组国际研究人员利用各种方法、工具和概念框架，对100多项行动研究倡议进行了评价研究。行动研究成熟度模型是本次行动研究评价研究中采用的概念框架之一。成熟度模型起源于20世纪80年代为解决交付给美国国防部的软件项目的不良性能而开发的能力成熟度模型。能力成熟度模型的目的是帮助承包商提高能力，将他们的软件工程过程从临时状态改进到更正式和可重复的状态，并最终优化过程以交付一致的结果。成熟度模型现在已经进入了许多其他的组织环境，比如项目管理、知识管理、过程管理和研究能力。然而，术语“成熟度模型”通常与商业术语和定量研究联系在一起。因此，本文的作者认为，通过将其重新表述为“成熟度概况”来改进他们管理项目以交付可持续结果的方式，可以使这个概念对行动研究人员更容易接受。这导致了本文中描述的成熟度概要文件的开发。版权所有©2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

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