Purpose: In the context of the general funding scarcity in the nonprofit sector, this paper aims to inquire into the governance challenges facing nonprofit aid organizations in a donor–recipient partner relationship. In particular, the authors focus on the challenges of commercial...

Purpose – This paper draws on the metaphor of “magic” to explore the role of dialogue conferences and subsequent activities as a tool for organizational development and change. The metaphor is introduced and elaborated as a means of allowing critical reflection on action research projects....

There is little or no tradition of action research outputs reaching the mainstream industrial relations and work sociology literatures. The aim of this research note is to address why this is so and argue for an action research agenda for work with unions that entails the researcher assuming the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the notion of attractive workplaces in the specific context of creative professional employment. Design/methodology/approach – Based on observations and interview data at knowledge‐based firms in the UK, the paper looks at the extent to...

Purpose This chapter presents a framework for an action research based intervention to develop and transform sustainable healthcare in a regional context. The framework is illustrated by the case of the Regional Cancer Centre (RCC) West in western Sweden. Design/methodology/approach The...

Purpose – This chapter examines the developmental journey toward a sustainable health care system in the West of Skaraborg County in Sweden from 2008 to the present by proposing and illustrating the concept of a clinical microsystem to capture the work of a mobile team to care for elderly...

Contributors reflect on ethics and reflexivity in critical management research, and explore the identity of the critical researcher as an individual and working within collaborative projects. Using contemporary accounts from those engaged in real world fieldwork they outline what critical...