Going Green from the Inside: Insider Action Research at the Volvo Car Corporation
Going Green from the Inside: Insider Action Research at the Volvo Car Corporation
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DOI：
10.1007/s11213-006-9015-7
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发表时间：
2006-07
影响因子：
1.2
通讯作者：
Mats Williander;A. Styhre
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作者：
Mats Williander;A. Styhre
人们提出了各种形式的行动研究，作为对商学院研究中存在的片面关注理论兴趣的补救措施。在其他概念阐述中，内部行动研究（IAR）表明，行动研究需要得到内部人员对活动的看法的支持，才能对实践和理论做出实质性贡献。尽管 IAR 模型有可能克服许多实际、政治和认识论问题，但在实际例子和教训方面对其进行的探索相对较少。本文介绍了沃尔沃汽车公司内部行动研究员的叙述，旨在“从内部”研究环境战略和“生态良性”汽车的发展。该论文表明，尽管 IAR 仍然是一个有前途的模型，但内部行为研究者的政治独创性和技巧决不能被低估。
Various forms of action research have been proposed as remedies for the one-sided focus on theoretical interests existing in Business School research. Among other conceptual elaborations, Insider Action Research (IAR) suggests that action research needs to be supported by an insider's view of activities in order to achieve any substantial contribution to practice and theory. Even though the IAR model is potentially capable of overcoming a number of practical, political, and epistemological problems, it has been explored relatively little in terms of practical examples and lessons. This paper presents the account of an Insider Action researcher at the Volvo Car Corporation, aimed at studying the development of environmental strategies and “eco-benign” automobiles “from the inside”. The paper suggests that even though IAR remains a promising model, the political ingenuity andsavoir-faireof the insider action researcher must not be underrated.