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–––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ACTION RESEARCH AND RESEARCH ACTION –––––––––– 35913 There are many research tasks to which AR/RA cannot be applied, for instance, where verylarge numbers have to be handled as in cross-national surveys, etc.FURTHER READING ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Colin Eden and Chris Huxham (1996) ‘Action research for the study of organizations’, in Steward Clegg, Cynthia Hardy andWalter Nord (eds), Handbook of Organizational Studies, London: Sage. pp. 526–40.REFERENCES ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Argyris, Chris (1968) ‘Some unintended consequences of rigorous research’, Psychological Bulletin, 70: 185–97.Argyris, Chris (1993) ‘On the nature of actionable knowledge’, The Psychologist, 6 (1): 29–32.Argyris, C., Putnam, R. and Smith, D. (1985) Action Science: Concepts, Methods and Skills for Research and Intervention, SanFrancisco, CA: Jossey Bass.Bradbury, Hilary (2003) ‘Sustaining the heart of action research(ers): an interview with Joanna Macy’, Action Research, 1 (2):208–223Bradbury, Hilary and Reason, Peter (2001) ‘Conclusion: broadcasting the bandwidth of validity: issues and choice-points forimproving the quality of action research’, in Peter Reason and Hilary Bradbury (eds), Handbook of Action Research:Participative Enquiry and Practice, London: Sage.Bridger, Harold (1990) ‘The discovery of the therapeutic community: the Northfield Experiments’, in Eric Trist and Hugh Murray(eds), The Social Engagement of Social Science, London: Free Association Books. pp. 68–87.Brown, David (1993) ‘Social change through collective reflection with Asian non-governmental development organizations’,Human Relations, 46 (2): 249–73.Campbell, J.P. (1976) ‘Psychometric theory’, in Marvin Dunnette (ed.), Handbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology,Chicago: Rand McNally, pp. 185–222.Cassell, Catherine and Symon, Gillian (1994) Qualitative Methods in Organizational Research: A Practical Guide, London: Sage.Chandler, Dawn and Torbert, Bill (2003) ‘Transforming inquiry and action: Interweaving 27 flavours of action research’, ActionResearch, 1 (2): 133–152Crotty, Michael (1998) The Foundations of Social Research, London: Sage.Cunningham, J. Barton (1993) Action Research and Organizational Development, Westport, CT and London: Praeger.Curle, Adam (1947) ‘Transitional communities and social re-connection: a follow-up study of the civil resettlement of Britishprisoners of war’, part 1, Human Relations, 1947 (1): 42–68.Dachler, Peter (2000) ‘Taking qualitative methods a radical step forward’, European Journal of Work and OrganizationalPsychology, 9 (4): 573–83.Drenth, Peter (2001) ‘Verity or applicability?’ Applied Psychology, 50 (2): 212–21.Drenth, Peter and Heller, Frank (2005) ‘The dangers of resource myopia in Work and Organizational Psychology: a plea forbroadening and integration’, Applied Psychology: An International Review (accepted).Dunnette, Marvin (2001) ‘Science and practice in applied psychology: a symbiotic relationship’, Applied Psychology, 50 (2):222–34.Easterby-Smith, Mark and Malina, Danusia (1999) ‘Cross-cultural collaborative research towards reflexivity’, Academy ofManagement Journal, 42 (1): 76–86.Eden, Colin and Huxham, Chris (1996) ‘Action research for the study of organizations’, in Stewart Clegg, Cynthia Hardy andWalter Nord (eds), Handbook of Organization Studies, London: Sage. pp. 526–42.Elden, Max and Chisholm, Rupert (eds) (1993) ‘Emerging varieties of action research’, Human Relations (Special Issue), 46 (2).Emery, Merrelyn and Purser, Ronald (1996) The Search Conference: A Powerful Method for Planning Organizational Changeand Community Action, San Francisco: Jossey Bass.Engelstad, Per H. and Gustavsen, Bjorn (1993) ‘Swedish network development for implementing national work reform strategy’,Human Relations, 46: 219–48.Fals Borda, Orlando (2001) ‘Participation (action) research in social theory: origins and challenges’, in Peter Reason and HilaryBradbury (eds), Handbook of Action Research, London: Sage. pp. 27–37.Gustavsen, Bjorn (1998) ‘From experiments to network building: trends in the use of research for reconstructing working life’,Human Relations, 51 (3): 431–48.Gustavsen, Bjorn (2003) ‘New forms of knowledge production and the role of action research’, Action Research, 1 (2): 153–164.