Communicative action through collaborative inquiry: Journey of a facilitating co-inquirer

Systemic Practice and Action Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 245-272

  Kakabadse, Nada K ^a   Kakabadse, Andrew P ^b   Kalu, Kalu N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action inquiry; CI journey; Collaborative inquiry; Critical knowledge; Dialogue; EARP group; Emancipator change; Participatory philosophy; Reflexivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250810403     PISSN: 1094429X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11213-006-9061-1     Document Type: Article

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