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dc.contributor.authorPiggot-Irvine, Eileen
dc.contributor.authorFerkins, Lesley
dc.contributor.authorCady, Phil
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-24T04:17:01Z
dc.date.available2019-06-24T04:17:01Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.issn1092-7026
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/sres.2459
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/385749
dc.description.abstractAwareness of conducting action research (AR) with a systems thinking orientation is increasing. We consider such orientation to be a fundamental, grounding, feature of AR. However, little exploration has occurred of how evaluation activity within AR, using a tool such as Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS), might enhance this orientation. We offer an argument for utilizing GAS to not only broaden action and deepen the research in individual AR projects, but also, for learning more about AR at a meta‐level where there is the increased complexity when evaluating multiple AR projects in diverse contexts. As well as theorizing the concepts noted, an outline of the way the evaluative study of action research (ESAR) customized and deployed GAS for evaluation of AR at both individual and meta‐levels is provided. The paper is a unique contribution to the domains of AR, systems thinking and evaluation methods. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWILEY
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom191
dc.relation.ispartofpageto202
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalSYSTEMS RESEARCH AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE
dc.relation.ispartofvolume35
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBusiness systems in context
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHuman resources and industrial relations
dc.subject.fieldofresearchStrategy, management and organisational behaviour
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3503
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3505
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3507
dc.titleGoal Attainment Scaling in Action Research: Enhancing a Systems Thinking Orientation
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorPiggot-Irvine, Eileen


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