Peter Reason

List of John Benjamins publications in which Peter Reason is involved.

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Reason, Peter 2003 Action research and the single case: A response to Bjørn Gustavsen and Davydd Greenwood Concepts and Transformation 8:3, pp. 281–294 | Miscellaneous

While welcoming Gustavsen’s exploration of issues of scale and wider influence in action research, which argues that we need to extend the relatively small scale of individual action research ‘cases’ and see action research as creating social movements and social capital, this article takes issue… read more

Gayá, Patricia and Peter Reason 2002 Review of Greenwood & Levin (1998): Introduction to Action Research: Social Research for Social Change Concepts and Transformation 7:1, pp. 109–116 | Review

Reason, Peter 2002 Justice, sustainability, and participation: Inaugural professiorial lecture Concepts and Transformation 7:1, pp. 7–29 | Article

Reason, Peter 2002 Review of Sankaran, Dick, Passfield & Swepson (2002): Effective Change Management Using Action Research and Action Learning Concepts and Transformation 7:2, pp. 225–229 | Review

Reason, Peter and William Torbert 2001 The action turn: Toward a transformational social science Concepts and Transformation 6:1, pp. 1–37 | Article

We offer an epistemological basis for action research, in order to increase the validity, the practical significance, and the transformational potential of social science. We start by outlining some of the paradigmatic issues which underlie action research, arguing for a “turn to action” which will… read more

Reason, Peter and Brian Goodwin 1999 Toward a Science of Qualities in Organizations: Lessons from Complexity Theory and Postmodern Biology Concepts and Transformation 4:3, pp. 281–317 | Article

The development of complexity theory in the natural sciences is described, and summarized in six principles of complex emergent wholes. It is suggested that complexity theory is leading biology toward a science of qualities based on participation and intuition. It is argued on metaphorical and… read more

Reason, Peter 1998 Review of Chisholm (1998): Developing Network Organizations: Learning from Practice and Theory Concepts and Transformation 3:3, pp. 306–312 | Review