Constructing interorganizational collaboration The action researcher as boundary subject

This article aims to explore critically the role of an action research team in the social construction of interorganizational collaboration aimed at transgressing organizational and professional boundaries. We argue that the new relationships, actor conceptions and in some cases forms of work organi...

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Vydáno v:	Action research (London, England) Ročník 8; číslo 3; s. 293 - 314
Hlavní autoři:	Huzzard, Tony, Ahlberg, Beth Maina, Ekman, Marianne
Médium:	Journal Article
Jazyk:	angličtina
Vydáno:	London, England SAGE Publications 01.09.2010 Sage Publications Sage Publications Ltd
Témata:	Action research Action theory Borders Boundaries Business Administration Collaboration Development programs Development sociology Discourse Economics and Business Ekonomi och näringsliv Företagsekonomi Health care Interagency collaboration Interorganizational development Interorganizational relations Intervention NATURAL SCIENCES NATURVETENSKAP Organizational research Organizational structure Researcher subject relations Researchers Samhällsvetenskap Social construction Social Sciences Sociology Sociology of economy and development Work organization Health care Discourse Boundaries Interorganizational development Action research Social construction Health Collaboration Interorganizational Development Action Research Interorganizational relation Boundary Development project
ISSN:	1476-7503, 1741-2617, 1741-2617
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Shrnutí:	This article aims to explore critically the role of an action research team in the social construction of interorganizational collaboration aimed at transgressing organizational and professional boundaries. We argue that the new relationships, actor conceptions and in some cases forms of work organization arising from the change process have been socially constructed through the discursive interventions of the researchers. This has largely occurred through informal interaction with and between the actors engaged in the development process. The action researcher, rather than being a neutral discursive gatekeeper in collaborative development projects, is an active constructor of the discourse shaping the collaboration. A case is presented showing how the researcher role is thus better seen as being an active boundary subject mediating across various professional and organizational perspectives rather than a passive boundary object. Accordingly, by focusing on the discursive role of active researchers as boundary subjects, we can reflect more critically on the roles we adopt in our intervention endeavours and their inevitably political nature.
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ISSN:	1476-7503 1741-2617 1741-2617
DOI:	10.1177/1476750309335206