Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce the special issue, positioning the articles in relation to the current “turn to practice” within organisation and management studies. Design/methodology/approach – The paper introduces a schematic classification of ways of putting...

Purpose – This paper seeks to critically examine the principles, mechanisms, and critical success factors of developmental peer review as a way to promote reflection and change in organizations. Design/methodology/approach – This paper calls developmental peer review the structured, managed,...

Purpose – This paper aims to present evidence for regarding reflexive practice as the crux of patient safety in tertiary hospitals. Reflexive practice buttresses safety because it is the precondition for flexible systematization – that is, the process that involves frontline clinicians in...

Purpose – Drawing upon a case study with public prosecutors, this article seeks to illustrate a reflective methodology for the analysis of activities. Design/methodology/approach – The paper first describes the origin of the intervention at the National School of Magistracy and the great...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show the importance of theoretical‐genetic reflection in expansive learning and the transformation of an activity. Design/methodology/approach – Cultural‐historical activity theory is used to explicate forms of work‐related reflection, and an...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review action research approaches to changing practice through reflection, identifying themes, issues and questions relevant to a broader community of research practitioners. It invites additional layering in concept, enactment and account....