G. Allen’s scientific contributions

What is this page?


This page lists works of an author who doesn't have a ResearchGate profile or hasn't added the works to their profile yet. It is automatically generated from public (personal) data to further our legitimate goal of comprehensive and accurate scientific recordkeeping. If you are this author and want this page removed, please let us know.

Publications (1)


Figure 1: Continuing spirals of Action Research, embodying the concept of praxis  
Action Research as a leadership strategy for innovation: The case of a global high-technology organisation
  • Article
  • Full-text available

January 2016

·

447 Reads

·

11 Citations

G. Allen

·

The paper describes two sets of Action Research within an iconic global high-tech company. Two teams within the organisation (one in New York and one in Sydney) were selected to participate, on the basis of their failure to have achieved any technical innovation over the previous three years. The Action Research had the practical goal of generating valuable technical innovations, and the research goal of gaining insight into any social (leadership) practices that may have facilitated the technical innovation. The research delivered novel insights into the nature of the leadership practices that enabled these two teams to deliver four company-lauded technical innovations. The principal finding of the research: that social innovation precedes technical innovation, highlights the role Action Research can play in the creation of a social environment conducive to technical innovation within enterprises.

Download

Citations (1)


... As noted earlier, AR explicitly espouses a collaborative, transformative approach with a focus on learning, reflection, action and change. The critical incorporation of the latter change element might explain why much of the literature discussed in this section that associates AR and leadership does so in the context of using AR as a leadership development model (Allen & Dovey, 2016;Piggot-Irvine et al., 2011;Zuber-Skerritt, 2011). ...

Reference:

Leadership within action research
Action Research as a leadership strategy for innovation: The case of a global high-technology organisation