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=== Exemplars and methodological discussions ===
Argyris, C. 1970. Intervention Theory and Method. Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley.
Argyris, C. 1980. Inner Contradictions of Rigorous Research. San Diego, California: Academic Press.
Argyris, C. 1994. Knowledge for Action. San Francisco, California: Jossey-Bass.
Cameron, K. & Quinn, R. 1999. Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture. Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley.
Center for Collaborative Action Research. 2022. Action Research Tutorials. https://www.ccarweb.org/
Denscombe M. 2010. Good Research Guide: For small-scale social research projects (4th Edition). Open University Press. Berkshire, GBR. ISBN 978-0-3352-4138-5
Dickens, L., Watkins, K. 1999. "Management Learning, Action Research: Rethinking Lewin". Vol. 30, Issue 2, pp. 127–140. <https://doi.org/10.1177/1350507699302002>
Freire, P. 1970. Pedagogy of the Oppressed''. New York: Herder & Herder.
Garreau, J. 2005. Radical Evolution: The promise and peril of enhancing our minds, our bodies – and what it means to be human. New York: Doubleday.
Heikkinen, H., Kakkori, L. & Huttunen, R. 2001. "This is my truth, tell me yours: some aspects of action research quality in the light of truth theories". Educational Action Research 1/2001.
Heron, J. 1996. Cooperative Inquiry: Research into the human condition. London: Sage.
Kemmis, Stephen and McTaggart Robin (1982) The action research planner. Geelong: Deakin University.
Kemmis, Stephen, McTaggart, Robin and Nixon, Rhonda (2014) The action research planner. Doing critical participatory action research. Springer.
McNiff, J. & Whitehead, J. (2006) All You Need To Know About Action Research, London; Sage.
Ogilvy, J. 2000. Creating Better Futures: Scenario planning as a tool for a better tomorrow. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Reason, P. & Rowan, J. 1981. Human Inquiry: A Sourcebook of New Paradigm Research. London: Wiley.
Reason, P. 1995. Participation in Human Inquiry. London: Sage.
Schein, E. 1999. Process Consultation Revisited. Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley.
Senge, P., Scharmer, C., Jaworski, J., & Flowers, B. 2004. Presence: Human purpose and the field of the future. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Society for Organizational Learning.
Susman G.I. and Evered R.D., 1978. "Administrative Science Quarterly, An Assessment of the Scientific Merits of Action Research". Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 582–603 JSTOR 2392581
Torbert, W. & Associates 2004. Action Inquiry: The Secret of Timely and Transforming Leadership.

=== First-person research/practice exemplars ===
Bateson, M. 1984. With a Daughter's Eye: A Memoir of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson. New York: Plume/Penguin.
Cuomo, N. (1982). Handicaps 'gravi' a scuola - interroghiamo l'esperienza. Bologna: Nuova Casa Editrice L. Capelli.
Cuomo, N. (2007). Verso una scuola dell'emozione di conoscere. Il futuro insegnante, insegnante del futuro. Pisa: Edizioni ETS.
Harrison, R. 1995. Consultant's Journey. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass
Raine, N. 1998. After Silence: Rape and My Journey Back. New York: Crown.
Todhunter, C. 2001. "Undertaking Action Research: Negotiating the Road Ahead", Social Research Update, Issue 34, Autumn.

=== Philosophical sources ===
Abram, D. 1996. The Spell of the Sensuous. New York: Vintage.
Argyris, C. Putnam, R. & Smith, D. 1985. Action Science: Concepts, methods and skills for research and intervention. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Gadamer, H. 1982. Truth and Method. New York: Crossroad.
Habermas, J. 1984/1987. The Theory of Communicative Action, Vol.s I & II. Boston:Beacon.
Hallward, P. 2003. Badiou: A subject to truth. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Lewin, G.W. (Ed.) (1948). Resolving social conflicts. New York, NY: Harper & Row. (Collection of articles by Kurt Lewin)
Lewin, K. (1946) "Action research and minority problems". J Soc. Issues 2(4): 34–46.
Malin, S. 2001. Nature Loves to Hide: Quantum physics and the nature of reality, a Western perspective. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
McNiff, J. (2013) Action Research: Principles and practice. New York: Routledge.
Polanyi, M. 1958. Personal Knowledge. New York: Harper.
Senge, P. 1990. The Fifth Discipline. New York: Doubleday Currency.
Torbert, W. 1991. The Power of Balance: Transforming Self, Society, and Scientific Inquiry.
Varela, F., Thompson, E. & Rosch E. 1991. The Embodied Mind: Cognitive science and human experience. Cambridge MA: MIT Press.
Whitehead, J. & McNiff, J. (2006) Action Research Living Theory, London; Sage. ISBN 978-1-4129-0855-9.
Wilber, K. 1998. The Marriage of Sense and Soul: Integrating science and religion. New York: Random House
Zuber-Skerritt, O., & Wood, L. (2019). Action Learning and Action Research: Genres and Approaches. Emerald (UK).

=== Scholarly journals ===
Action Research
The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
Management Learning

== External links ==

Definition of action research at interaction-design.org
Wikibooks: Contemporary Educational Psychology/Chapter 13: The Reflective Practitioner
ALARA - Action Learning, Action Research Association- Established in Australia in the 1980s
AR SIG, AERA -The American Educational Research Assoc, Special Interest Group in Action Research
ARNA - The Action Research Network of the Americas
CARN - The Collaborative Action Research Network, established in 1975
Center for Collaborative Action Research (2005–2022)
CeCAR Centre for Collective Action Research
CLAYSS - The Latin American Center for Service Learning, founded in 2002 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
PEP - Pedagogy, Education and Praxis
PRIA - Participatory Action Research in Asia
[1] Action Research Tutorial Workbook (Free).