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标题：Editorial - Theory and inquiry in practice research: Introduction
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作者：Göran Goldkuhl ; Ilse Julkunen
期刊名称：Systems, Signs & Actions
电子版ISSN：1652-8719
出版年度：2011
卷号：5
期号：1
页码：1-6
出版社：Lingköping University, Aarhus University
摘要：There are many challenges in the research on human work. The artificial character of work-settings, their sociality, their purposiveness and the multitude of values, and the use of material and linguistic artefacts put certain demands on such research (Simon, 1996; Schatzki et al, 2001; Nowotny et al, 2001; Van de Ven, 2007). There are also important claims to study what people actually do, not only what they claim to do (Argyris et al, 1985). Based on these views and demands, an articulation of practice perspectives on human work has emerged (e.g. Schatzki, 1996; Schatzki et al, 2001; Reckwitz, 2002; Miettinen et al, 2009; Simpson, 2009). This can be seen in many areas of inquiry; e.g. organisational learning (Bjørkeng et al, 2009; Gherardi, 2000; 2009), organisational studies (Cabantous et al, 2010; Feldman & Orlikowski, 2011), strategizing (Whittington, 2006), social work (Pain 2010; Salisbury Forum Group, 2011; Uggerhøj, 2011), nursing (Stevenson, 2005; Reed, 2006), information systems (Orlikowski, 2000; Mathiassen, 2002), evaluation (Schwandt, 2002; Donaldson & Scriven, 2003; Chen, 2005) communication (Scollon, 2001; Cronen, 2001), research studies (Pickering, 1995; Pickering & Guzik, 2008; Zundel & Kokkalis, 2010). A practice perspective implies a particular perspective on human work. For example Schatzki (2001, p 2) defines a practice as “embodied, materially mediated arrays of human activity centrally organized around shared practical understanding”.