Advancing Scientific Knowledge Through Participatory Action Research
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Advancing Scientific Knowledge Through Participatory Action Research
Abstract/Description
This paper aims to demonstrate the value of participatory action research (PAR) for advancing scientific knowledge as well as for solving practical problems. The article supports the argument through brief summaries of three PAR cases in industry: Norwegian shipping, Xerox Corporation, and the FAGOR group of the Mondragón cooperatives. While noting the practical gains achieved through PAR, the author concentrates particularly on the advances in substantive knowledge and theory that would have been unlikely to emerge out of more orthodox sociological research. The author suggests finally that wider use of participatory action research can have a stimulating effect upon the future development of sociology.
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Date
In publication
Volume
4
Issue
3
Pages
367-385
Resource type
Research/Scholarly Media
Resource status/form
Published Text
Scholarship genre
Theoretical
Methodological
Empirical
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IRE Approach/Concept
Open access/full-text available
No
Peer reviewed
Yes
ISSN
1573-7861
Citation
Whyte, W. F. (1989). Advancing Scientific Knowledge Through Participatory Action Research. Sociological Forum, 4(3), 367–385. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01115015
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