CONCEPTS AND TRANSFORMATION
International Journal of Action Research and Organizational Renewal
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AIM AND SCOPE
CONCEPTS AND TRANSFORMATION is a problem-driven journal focused on the
role of social research in workplace reform and organizational renewal. It
presents new perspectives on the relationship between theory and practice
in social science. In action-oriented research, the relationship between
theory and practice - between the researcher and the other actors in the
field - is basically one of dialogue. CONCEPTS AND TRANSFORMATION
therefore not only includes views of the researcher and comments from the
theory of science and philosophy, but it also acts as a forum for the
practitioner. By placing action research and organizational renewal in an
interdependent context, CONCEPTS AND TRANSFORMATION positions itself
actively and centrally within the current debate about societal change.
CONCEPTS AND TRANSFORMATION is published in three issues per year, each
issue approximately 100 pp.
EDITORS AND EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
Editors:
Hans van Beinum (Halmstad University)
Xyvind Pelshaugen (Work Research Institute, Oslo)
Editorial Committee:
Oguz Bab|roglu (Bilkent University, Ankara) Claude Faucheux (CREDS,
Fontainebleau) Werner Fricke (Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Bonn) Bjvrn
Gustavsen (National Institute for Working Life, Stockholm) Lars Normann
Mikkelsen (Enterprise Development 2000, Norwegian Research Council)
Annemieke Roobeek (University of Amsterdam) Reni van der Vlist (University
of Leiden)
Corresponding members:
Davydd J. Greenwood (Cornell University)
Robert Putnam (Action Science, Natick, USA)
International Advisory Board:
Gilles Amado (Hautes Etudes Commerciales, Jouy-En-Josas) Bjvrn Asheim
(University of Oslo) Jean Bartunek (Boston College) Michael Billig
(University of Loughborough) Reni Bouwen (University of Louvain) Walter
Carlsnaes (University of Uppsala) Pelle Ehn (University of Lund) Richard
Ennals (Kingston University) John Forester (Cornell University) Francesco
Garibaldo (IRES Nazionale, Rome) Denis Gregory (Ruskin College, Oxford)
Friso den Hertog (University of Maastricht) Yvonne Hirdman (National
Institute for Working Life, Stockholm) Hans Joas (Freie Universitdt Berlin)
Kjell S. Johannessen (University of Bergen) Ingela Josefson (National
Institute for Working Life, Stockholm) Harvey Kolodny (University of
Toronto) Herman Kuipers (Technical University Eindhoven) Rolf Lindholm
(Swedish Employers' Confederation, Stockholm) Michel Liu (University of
Dauphine, Paris) Thomas McCarthy (Northwestern University) Manabu Mine
(Hosei University) Frieder Naschold (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin) Kurt
Aagaard Nielsen (Roskilde University) Indira Parikh (Indian Institute of
Management, Ahmedabad) John Puckett (University of Pennsylvania) Louis
Quiri (Centre National de la Recherche Scientific, Paris) Eva
Senghaas-Knobloch (University of Bremen) John Shotter (University of New
Hampshire) Abram de Swaan (University of Amsterdam) Stephen Toulmin
(University of Southern California) Ernst Ulrich von Weizsdcker (Wuppertal
Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy) Vladimir Yadow (Sociological
Institute, Moscow).
CONTENTS OF THE FIRST THREE ISSUES (Volume 1, 1996)
Volume 1, Issue 1:
* Editorial: Introducing Concepts and Transformation
(Hans van Beinum and Xyvind Pelshaugen)
* The University of Pennsylvania's Center for Community
Partnerships as an Organizational Innovation for
Advancing Action Research
(Ira Harkavy, Francis E. Johnston and John L. Puckett)
* Post-Search Follow-up: Assessing search-conference based
interventions in two different industries in Turkey
(Oguz Bab|roglu, Seref Topkaya, Vzg|r Ates)
* Is Action Research really 'Research'?
(Stephen Toulmin)
* Cognition in Practice
(Louis Quiri)
* Is Theory Useful?
(Bjvrn Gustavsen)
* Significance of Megatrends in the Economy:
societal consequences of globalization
(Riccardo Petrella)
* Counting on Dialogue
(Lars Normann Mikkelsen)
* Book Reviews
(Claude Faucheux)
Volume 1, Issue 2/3 (forthcoming)
* The Influence of Culture in Search Conferences:
A rare case of fight/flight
(Merrelyn Emery)
* Action Research and Trade Unions:
Some experiences from the UK
(Denis Gregory)
* The Integration of Minorities in Organizations: Fist steps
(Martha Meerman and Rene van der Vlist)
* Concept-Driven Change:
The core element in a National Workplace
Development Program
(B.Gustavsen, A.Wikman, M. Ekman Philips and B. Hofmaier)
** Articulating Practices: Methods and Experiences
* Articulating Practices from within the practice itself
(John Shotter and Arlene Katz)
* Articulating Practices in Health Care Settings
(Arlene Katz and John Shotter)
* Practical Traditions of Knowledge among Physicians
(Ingela Josefson)
* Dialogical Reflection and Commutiny
Commentry on Ingela Josefson
(Arlene Katz and John Shotter)
* Self Action Research: An institution reviews itself
(Derek N. Raffaeli and J. Alan Harrow)
* Action Research and Epistemology
(Kjell S. Johannessen)
* Towards a Social Global Contract
(Ricardo Petrella)
* Book Reviews
(Claude Faucheux)
* From the Editor's Desk
CONTACT INFORMATION
The editors invite comments, contributions and reviews, which may be
submitted to:
Prof. Hans van Beinum
E-Mail: Hans.van_Beinum@cau.hh.se
Tel. +46 (0)35 167357
Fax. +46 (0)35 128175
Centre for Working Life Research and Development
Halmstad University, Box 823
S 301-18 Halmstad, Sweden.
Dr Xyvind Pelshaugen
Tel. + 47 (0)22 461670
Fax. + 47 (0)22 568918
Work Research Institute
P.O. Box 8171 DEP
N 0034 Oslo 1, Norway
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