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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Vydané v:Action research (London, England) Ročník 8; číslo 3; s. 293 - 314
Hlavní autori: Huzzard, Tony, Ahlberg, Beth Maina, Ekman, Marianne
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: London, England SAGE Publications 01.09.2010
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Predmet:
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