Bjørn Gustavsen
List of John Benjamins publications in which Bjørn Gustavsen is involved.
Book series
ISSN 1384-6671
Journal
Concepts and Transformation
International Journal of Action Research and Organizational Renewal
Edited by Richard Ennals, Werner Fricke and Øyvind Pålshaugen
ISSN 1384-6639 | E‑ISSN 1569‑9692
Creating Connectedness: The role of social research in innovation policy
Bjørn Gustavsen, Håkon Finne and Bo Oscarsson
Using a workplace development program as source of experience the book deals with the development of innovation processes. Since innovation means to explore the unique and the special to bring forth what does not (yet) exist, each innovation process must in itself be an innovation. The study… read more[Dialogues on Work and Innovation, 13] 2001. x, 281 pp.
Work Organization and Europe as a Development Coalition
Richard Ennals and Bjørn Gustavsen
Work Organization has achieved recent prominence in European policy, as new employment guidelines are embodied in the policies of all European Member States. New forms of Work Organization, properly understood, offer collaborative competitive advantage to European enterprises. This book, based on… read more[Dialogues on Work and Innovation, 7] 1999. viii, 209 pp.
The End of Organization Theory?: Language as a tool in action research and organizational development
Øyvind Pålshaugen
Organizational theorists talk a lot about organizational development. Although they can express themselves eloquently, too often the practitioner is not convinced by their talk. The authors of The End of Organization Theory? are in favor of the doers doing most of the talking themselves. Thus, in… read more[Dialogues on Work and Innovation, 5] 1999. vi, 149 pp.
Development Coalitions in Working Life: The ‘Enterprise Development 2000’ Program in Norway
Edited by Bjørn Gustavsen, Tom Colbjørnsen and Øyvind Pålshaugen
While the need to utilise knowledge from social research in processes of development in working life is growing, there is also a growing recognition of the problems posed by this utilisation. As the belief in universal reason and general theory about topics like work organization and leadership has… read more[Dialogues on Work and Innovation, 6] 1998. xi, 153 pp.
Concept-Driven Development and the Organization of the Process of Change: An evaluation of the Swedish Working Life Fund
Bjørn Gustavsen, Bernd Hofmaier, Marianne Ekman Philips and Anders Wikman
The Swedish Working Life Fund a temporary organization functioning from 1990 to 1995 distributed 10 billion Swedish crowns for workplace development and initiated 25,000 projects. About half of the total labor market was affected. This evaluation study, which is built on case studies as well as… read more[Dialogues on Work and Innovation, 3] 1996. ix, 198 pp.
Beyond Theory: Changing organizations through participation
Edited by Stephen Toulmin and Bjørn Gustavsen
Action Research is one of the most practical and down-to-earth ways of doing research into working life. Beyond Theory draws on examples and actual cases to discuss action research within the framework of the modern, and postmodern, theory of science debate. While action research has been much… read more[Dialogues on Work and Innovation, 2] 1996. viii, 233 pp.
2004 Making knowledge actionable: From theoretical centralism to distributive constructivism Concepts and Transformation 9:2, pp. 147–180 | Article
All concepts applied in social research have two sources of meaning: other words and practical experience. Making knowledge (more) actionable implies increasing the emphasis on the practical. This increase, however, is no simple process to be carried through as a turnaround operation. Rather, the… read more
2004 Participation and local organisation Action Research in Workplace Innovation and Regional Development, Fricke, Werner and Peter Totterdill (eds.), pp. 15–42 | Article
2004 Cases and social movements: Some further contributions to the dialogue Concepts and Transformation 9:1, pp. 93–101 | Miscellaneous
Contemporary action research is facing three major challenges: The need to deal with a future that can no longer be understood in terms of the past, the need to create processes that can involve large numbers of other actors and the need to link the practical results of action research to the… read more
2003 Action research and the problem of the single case Concepts and Transformation 8:1, pp. 93–99 | Miscellaneous
In his article in Volume 7, No.2 of Concepts and Transformation, Greenwood lays the ground for a self-critical review of action research. This is very much called for but there is a need to avoid this review becoming a revival of yesterday’s “famous cases”. Major parts of today’s action research… read more
2002 2. Creating a framework for enterprise R&D Researching Enterprise Development: Action Research on the cooperation between management and labour in Norway, Levin, Morten (ed.), pp. 15–28 | Chapter
2002 Constructing new organizational realities: The role of research Concepts and Transformation 7:3, pp. 237–260 | Article
The emergence of network society implies that all actors face new demands, research being no exception. In processes of interactive learning, together with other actors, research can no longer claim exclusive domains. Instead, it has to become a general innovation partner. Innovation partner is,… read more
2001 Chapter 6. Contemporary European developments Creating Connectedness: The role of social research in innovation policy, Gustavsen, Bjørn, Håkon Finne and Bo Oscarsson, pp. 101–114 | Chapter
2001 Towards social partnership: Trends in Norwegian workplace development programs Concepts and Transformation 6:2, pp. 195–208 | Article
The article presents the most recent workplace development program in Norway, called Value Creation 2010. With the notion of broad employee participation on enterprise level at its core, the program aims at creating and sustaining learning networks between enterprises and at strengthening regional… read more
2001 Chapter 4. Social partnership and workplace development Creating Connectedness: The role of social research in innovation policy, Gustavsen, Bjørn, Håkon Finne and Bo Oscarsson, pp. 73–84 | Chapter
2001 Chapter 5. Research and the challenges of working life Creating Connectedness: The role of social research in innovation policy, Gustavsen, Bjørn, Håkon Finne and Bo Oscarsson, pp. 85–100 | Chapter
2000 1. A Norwegian Initiative for a Tripartite Development Program Concepts and Transformation 5:1, pp. 125–131 | Article
1999 Creating a New European Development Agenda: Learning across Cultures Concepts and Transformation 4:1, pp. 11–21 | Article
The article presents a new European collaborative project, building on experience of regional development coalitions across Europe. Globalization is complemented by regionalization, and the emergence of new structures between the levels of individual enterprises and national governments.… read more
1999 Introduction The End of Organization Theory?: Language as a tool in action research and organizational development, Pålshaugen, Øyvind, pp. 1–10 | Article
1998 Work Organization and Europe as a Development Coalition Concepts and Transformation 3:1/2, pp. 153–162 | Article
1998 Chapter IX: Concluding Remaks Development Coalitions in Working Life: The ‘Enterprise Development 2000’ Program in Norway, Gustavsen, Bjørn, Tom Colbjørnsen and Øyvind Pålshaugen (eds.), pp. 145–150 | Chapter
1998 Chapter I: Enterprise Development 2000: A program for distributive and interactive learning Development Coalitions in Working Life: The ‘Enterprise Development 2000’ Program in Norway, Gustavsen, Bjørn, Tom Colbjørnsen and Øyvind Pålshaugen (eds.), pp. 1–22 | Chapter
1996 1. Development and the Social Sciences: An uneasy relationship Beyond Theory: Changing organizations through participation, Toulmin, Stephen and Bjørn Gustavsen (eds.), pp. 5–30 | Chapter
1996 Is Theory Useful? Concepts and Transformation 1:1, pp. 63–77 | Article
The point about a 'Scientific theorY' has traditionally been that it provides a 'guarantee of truth.' While it has, on the one hand, proved difficult to establish such theory within fields like work, organization and leadership, the growing competition and complexity facing most modern… read more
1996 Concept-Driven Change: The Core Element in a National Workplace Development Program Concepts and Transformation 1:2/3, pp. 193–211 | Article
Sweden experienced a strong increase in productivity during the first part of the 1990s. Data from the Swedish Working Life Fund show that the productivity increase is linked to changes in work organization. These changes did not break with the Swedish tradition of expanding on work roles and the… read more