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Exploring the Richness of Action Learning Research to Exploit Action Learning in Networks: A Journey in Shared Theorizing

David Coghlan (University of Dublin, Ireland)

Paul Coughlan (University of Dublin, Ireland)

Research in Organizational Change and Development

ISBN: 978-1-80455-094-6, eISBN: 978-1-80455-093-9

Publication date: 16 January 2023

Abstract

Reflecting on 25 years of collaborating in action learning research initiatives in interorganizational settings, the authors have framed three key theoretical contributions: (1) a formula for action learning in networks, (2) the notion of action learning research, and (3) the application of action learning research in networks. This chapter reviews how each of these three key theoretical contributions emerged as insights and were developed over time through three large-scale funded interorganizational action learning projects. The chapter provides insights into the process of theorizing as the authors show how these frameworks emerged through inquiry into experience and were consolidated through collaborative action as practice-based research, research as practice, and practice as research toward designed-in impact.

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to Danielle Zandee, Debra Noumair, Rami Shani, and an anonymous reviewer for their editorial critique of this chapter.

Citation

Coghlan, D. and Coughlan, P. (2023), "Exploring the Richness of Action Learning Research to Exploit Action Learning in Networks: A Journey in Shared Theorizing", Noumair, D.A., (Rami) Shani, A.B. and Zandee, D.P. (Ed.) Research in Organizational Change and Development (Research in Organizational Change and Development, Vol. 30), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 183-203. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0897-301620220000030009

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Emerald Publishing Limited