The contribution of action research in the construction of scientific knowledge in Brazilian Production Engineering

Gibertoni, Daniela; Araújo Filho, Targino de; Menegon, Nilton Luiz

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Articles • Prod 26 (2) • Apr-Jun 2016 • https://doi.org/10.1590/0103-6513.115113 copy

The contribution of action research in the construction of scientific knowledge in Brazilian Production Engineering

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Abstract

The main subject of this article is the action research and it has as general objective to describe the construction of knowledge in this field from the uses that Brazilian Production Engineering makes of it, aiming to recognize its contributions, potentials and limits. To achieve this goal, a literature review was carried out for a subsequent contrast with the national academic researches that use action research and show its uses. Identified these similarities, a documentary research was carried out in academic papers published in the National Meeting of Production Engineering (ENEGEP) – from 1996 to 2010. The content analysis was the strategy used for data analysis and NVivo® software was used for its treatment. As a conclusion of the research, it can be stated that the use of action research in the Brazilian Production Engineering distances itself from epistemic precepts associated with it. The results of the action are more highlighted than the reflection on the mechanisms that produced it

Keywords
Action research; Research methodology; Production engineering

Characteristics	Meaning	Striking terms
Research and action	Contribute and expand scientific knowledge Solve problems and promote improvement in the organization or community	Collective action Intervention
Theory and practice	It is fundamentally change and must be conducted in real time The theory is planned to produce teachings open to generalization	Change Transformation Knowledge Intervention
Researcher’s participation and role	Action researchers work actively to make it happen He is a participant in the implementation of a system He facilitates dialogue and promote reflective analysis among participants	Cooperation Interaction among the researcher and the other participants Communication Ethic
Cyclical process	Spiral of self-reflexive cycles Diagnosis of the situation Action planning Writing of final results	Learning Self-critical reflection

Dimension/Node	Definition	Sub-nodes
1-Motivation to use action research.	Identify the justification given by the authors when they choose to use action research	1. Work at the company where research was done 2. Participation of the researcher 3. Participation of all actors involved in action research process 4- Solutions in the real situation
2-Declaration of methodology use	Identify what the researcher declares to use as research methodology in his article	1. Case study; Case study and action research
3-Objectives of work	Identify the objectives of research in order to compare them to the results later on
4-Objectives of action research	Identify the explicit objectives action research has in the article
5-Results	When coded at the root, the results regard the practical ones, i.e. those specifically for the results of the application concerned; when there was a declaration of knowledge and / or difficulties to use action research, they were coded specifically in these sub-nodes	1. Knowledge generated from the use of the action research 2. Declaration of difficulties due to the use of action research
6-Author’s comments	Present comments pointed out by researchers throughout the article
7-Team	Identify the team(s) that worked to carry out the action research
8-Action research stages	Identify the explicit declaration of the action research development stages
9-Limitations to carry out action research	Present the stated limitations for using action research
10-Suggestions for future actions	The author’s declaration concerning future possibilities of improvements for future researches

Nodes and sub-nodes	Quantity of codified sources
Motivation to use AR.	20
- Participation of all actors	47
- Participation of the researcher	38
- Solutions in real situations	44
- Work at the company where the research is done	8

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