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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Margaret Archer"”.
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The Colorado Community Organizing Collaborative: A Critical Realist Case Study
… foundations of critical realism posed by Margaret Archer (2000) to deepen social work's understanding of collaboration. Through the use of Danermark et al.'s (2002) stages of explanatory research based on critical realism, the author found that agential and structural interactions of the …
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Exploring information systems development in English local government : a morphogenetic approach
… of the agency/structure dynamic devised by Margaret Archer (1988, 1995, 1998b, 1998c, 2002) - was adopted for the research in order to avoid treating either agents or structures as largely epiphenomenal to each other.<br></br><br></br>A detailed analysis of the IS environment of the case …
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The price of freedom: the opportunities and constraints of freelance employment for older workers : a study of media professionals
… his 'powers of freedom' thesis and the other by Margaret Archer in her 'morphogenetic' approach to realist social theory. The study found that freelancing did extend working lives and permit a degree of freedom and control in later life. However, it was a form of employment which was insecure, …
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An investigation into the relationship between design approaches, student engagement and agency in a blended learning computer science course
… insights. The Social Realism (SR) theory of Margaret Archer (1995, 2003, 2006) was used to understand learner agency and their personal concerns that inform their courses of action. Archer's (2007b) analytical dualism approach, which separates culture, structure, and agency, was followed to …
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Explaining the relations between culture, structure and agency in lecturers' contribution and non-contribution to Open Educational Resources in a higher education institution
… the institutional system. The Social Realism of Margaret Archer (1995, 2003, 2007a, 2012) was used to explore the power of academics' agency and their internal conversations arising from their personal concerns in deciding on their courses of action. This study illustrates how capturing …
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A Sociological Study of Addiction: Power and Social Change from the "rock bottom up"
… is used to ‘test’ the conceptual ideas of Margaret Archer (1996) and Thomas Smith (1995). Both are systems theorists’ and both engage in cause and effect analysis. As they hold contrasting views on how personal and cultural change takes place this study is an attempt to establish the …