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Departamento de Sociologia
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Professor Suzan Lewis
The Xerox Corporation:
a classic case study using collaborative interactive
action research
27 de Maio de 2004
19h30m
UNICS
Av. das Forças Armadas
Edifício ISCTE, Sala 2N10
1649-026 Lisboa
Tel.: 217 903 918 - Fax: 217 903 918
E-mail: [email protected]
ISCTE, Auditório C1.04
(Edifício II)
The Xerox Corporation
A classic case study using collaborative
interactive action research to meet a dual
agenda of enhanced opportunities for
work-personal life integration and
enhanced effectiveness
This session will cover action research in
relation to gender, work and family. It will
focus particularly on Collaborative Interactive
Action Research (CIAR) drawing on the work of
Rhona Rapoport and colleagues (Rapoport, R.,
Bailyn, L., Fletcher, J. and Pruitt, M., 2001).
This approach is based on a questioning of
cultural assumptions of separate gendered
spheres, and involves looking at working
practices through a work-family/gender equity
lens. The aim is to work towards a dual agenda
of change to support equitable integration of
work and family (or other commitments) and
enhance workplace effectiveness. The process
will be outline and discussed, and illustrated
via case studies. These include a classic case
study of CIAR at the Xerox Corporation in the
USA and a study of an accountancy firm in the
UK.
Suzan Lewis is Professor of Organisational
and Work-Life Psychology at Manchester
Metropolitan University, UK, Visiting
Professor at the School of Management,
UMIST, UK and a director of the Work-Life
Research Centre. Since the 1980s she has
been researching and writing about work
and family issues, with a particular focus on
workplace flexibility and culture and
organisational change. She is founding
editor of the international journal
Community, Work and Family and has
directed numerous national and
international research projects on workpersonal life issues.
Her numerous
publications include, for example, Dual
Earner Families: Cross national
Perspectives, and The Work-Family
Challenge. Rethinking Employment. She
has also undertaken consultancy on workfamily issues and has advised governments
on policy in the UK and Japan.