Reflections on longitudinal action research with the English National Health Service

Walker, Harvey; Harland, Christine; Knight, Louise; Uden, Chris; Forrest, Samantha

doi:10.1016/j.pursup.2008.02.003

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“…Especially because in the case of SSCM, SC research is concurrent with attempts to advance the sustainability agenda and address practical sustainable development issues (Walker et al, 2008). This leads to our first proposition: Proposition 1.…”

Section: Ar For Sscm: Where Can Go?mentioning

confidence: 96%

“…AR can assist in exploring the power dimensions of SSCM and their impact on forms of governance and sustainability outcomes (Alvarez, Pilbeam, & Wilding, 2010). AR may also be appropriate for understanding how to address communications gaps in SSC (Ciliberti, Pontrandolfo, & Scozzi, 2008), how to promote multiple stakeholders engagement in designing sustainable SCs (Dentoni, Hospes, & Ross, 2012) or addressing strategy development (Koplin, Seuring, & Mesterharm, 2007;Walker et al, 2008).…”

Section: Ar For Sscm: Where Can Go?mentioning

confidence: 99%

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A relational, transformative and engaged approach to sustainable supply chain management: The potential of action research

Touboulic

Walker

2015

Human Relations

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Please note: Changes made as a result of publishing processes such as copy-editing, formatting and page numbers may not be reflected in this version. For the definitive version of this publication, please refer to the published source. You are advised to consult the publisher's version if you wish to cite this paper.This version is being made available in accordance with publisher policies. See http://orca.cf.ac.uk/policies.html for usage policies. Copyright and moral rights for publications made available in ORCA are retained by the copyright holders.A relational, transformative and engaged approach to sustainable supply chain management:The potential of action research Anne Touboulic and Helen Walker AbstractThis paper describes how action research (AR) can advance sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) research. Most SSCM research is empirical and little attention has been paid to reflecting upon how research is conducted in the field. Current research fails to make links with ideas of relationality, change and engagement proposed in broader sustainability research. We propose to address this gap by discussing how AR could help address current challenges in SSCM. The paper explores the proponents and application of AR as a relevant methodology for knowledge development in the field, based upon a critical analysis of SSCM and AR, including a review of previous AR studies and insights from a research project in which AR was applied. Particular emphasis is put on exploring the links between the sustainability dimension of SSCM and the foundations and practice of AR. The paper does not reject other methodological approaches, but it shows that the pragmatic orientation of AR is particularly suitable for an applied field such as SSCM where problems are often messy, cross-disciplinary and essentially concerned with the flourishing of individuals and organisations. Our paper has broader implications for interorganisational research.

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Section: Ar For Sscm: Where Can Go?mentioning

confidence: 96%

Section: Ar For Sscm: Where Can Go?mentioning

confidence: 99%

A relational, transformative and engaged approach to sustainable supply chain management: The potential of action research

Touboulic

Walker

2015

Human Relations

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“…Traditional non-action/engaged approaches can reinforce dominant paradigms and power structures in supply chains. AR considers a broader scope, over a longer time-frame (Walker et al, 2008b), that challenges the focus on company-centric internal initiatives (Touboulic and Walker, 2016). AR can provide an important source of social understanding and a much-needed impetus for social and political changes (Fay, 1987) through seeking counter-narratives to the more dominant versions of PSM impacts, which tend to focus only on the positive, and often only monetised elements of what is valued.…”

Section: Critical Action Researchmentioning

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Time to get real: The case for critical action research in purchasing and supply management

Meehan

Touboulic

Walker

2016

Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

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“…In particular, healthcare procurement has been a growing area of research, especially in the UK (e.g. Walker et al, 2008), but increasingly also in other European countries, such as the Netherlands where the Purchasing & Supply Management Centre at Rotterdam School of Management and Erasmus University Rotterdam has a strong focus on healthcare procurement. Clearly, the regulated nature of public procurement and the multiple stakeholders involved in decision-making present challenges that again could usefully be analyzed using a network approach.…”

Section: Public Procurementmentioning

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The character and significance of Nordic purchasing and supply management research: A systematic review of the literature

Johnsen

Mikkelsen

Paulraj

2016

Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

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Reflections on longitudinal action research with the English National Health Service

Cited by 17 publications

References 18 publications

A relational, transformative and engaged approach to sustainable supply chain management: The potential of action research

A relational, transformative and engaged approach to sustainable supply chain management: The potential of action research

Time to get real: The case for critical action research in purchasing and supply management

The character and significance of Nordic purchasing and supply management research: A systematic review of the literature

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