Conflicting demands and the power of defensive routines in participatory action research

Action Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 367-386

  Jacobs, Gaby ^a  

^a FONTYS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

action research; empowerment; learning; participation; reflexivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956420012     PISSN: 14767503     EISSN: 17412617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476750310366041     Document Type: Article

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