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dc.contributor.authorAntonsen, Yngve
dc.contributor.authorThunberg, Odd Arne
dc.contributor.authorTiller, Tom
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-10T09:02:00Z
dc.date.available2022-06-10T09:02:00Z
dc.date.issued2020-08-17
dc.description.abstractWe analyse and self-reflect on an action research project conducted in a financial organisation twelve years ago. The research question was: What are the challenges of initiating an action research project in a financial organisation with top-down control that uses the Balanced Scorecard? The data came from action learning seminars with line managers, observations, interviews, and meetings in a Norwegian bank (Bank) with approximately 800 employees. The data were analysed using thematic analysis. This study’s findings indicate that performance management and top-down senior management control may unintentionally hinder the possibilities for proceeding with action research projects. The researchers lacked open communication with senior management about the purpose of the project, and the managers who participated in the action learning found it difficult to explain to colleagues and senior management what they learned from the processes. Action research did not fit with the Bank’s strategic use of performance management. The project may have increased the stress on the line managers as we identified problems without providing the opportunity to make real changes in their organisation. As a result, we determined that action researchers should be cautious in initiating action research without concrete support, active participation and ‘common ground’ dialogues with senior management.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAntonsen, Thunberg, Tiller. Too rich to learn – when action researchers work against senior management and their use of performance management. Educational Action Research. 2020:1-18en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1823127
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09650792.2020.1805635
dc.identifier.issn0965-0792
dc.identifier.issn1747-5074
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/25435
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_US
dc.relation.journalEducational Action Research
dc.relation.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09650792.2020.1805635
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2020 The Author(s)en_US
dc.titleToo rich to learn – when action researchers work against senior management and their use of performance managementen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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