Divisions of Labour: Activity Theory, Multi-Professional Working and Intervention Research

Autor/in	Warmington, Paul
Titel	Divisions of Labour: Activity Theory, Multi-Professional Working and Intervention Research
Quelle	In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 63 (2011) 2, S.143-157 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-6820
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Social Systems; Social Theories; Data Analysis; Power Structure; Interprofessional Relationship; Social Services; Children; Research; Intervention; Case Studies; Industrial Psychology; Work Environment; Organizational Culture; Quality of Working Life; School Districts; Organizational Communication; Organizational Change; Systems Approach; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Social system; Soziales System; Gesellschaftstheorie; Auswertung; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Child; Kind; Kinder; Forschung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Betriebspsychologie; Industriepsychologie; Arbeitsmilieu; Unternehmenskultur; Arbeitsqualität; School district; Schulbezirk; Organisationswandel; Systemischer Ansatz; Großbritannien
Abstract	This article draws upon, but also critiques, activity theory by combining analysis of how an activity theory derived research intervention attempted to address both everyday work practices and organisational power relationships among children's services professionals. It offers two case studies of developmental work research (DWR) interventions in UK local authorities, wherein multi-professional teams were attempting, at operational level, to develop and stabilise new work practices. Data are derived from the series of interviews and DWR workshops conducted in each research site. The data analysis draws attention to the ways in which multi-professional innovations and professional development were sometimes constrained by managerial structures that were still embedded in "traditional" professional silos. The paper also offers conceptual discussion of activity theory's potential shortcomings in addressing "vertical" divisions of labour and the contradictions embedded in relationships between operational staff and their senior managers. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10