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Change Laboratory in Brazil: Origins, development, and dissemination

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This article aims to present the trajectory and development of the formative intervention method of the Change Laboratory in Brazil. To this end, a narrative is constructed that articulates the author’s direct experience with a systematic review of publications available on the Google Scholar platform. The first publications on the method date from 2011 and 2012, followed by training courses, technical visits and exchanges. After an initial "gestation" period, the first interventions were implemented in 2014. Since then, at least 40 interventions have been carried out in the country, with a predominance in the areas of education, health, agriculture and occupational health surveillance. The analysis of the dissemination of the method among different research groups indicates that its adoption requires at least three key processes: formation, establishment of collaborative networks and creation of a local support group. It is concluded that, in view of the theoretical-methodological complexity of the Change Laboratory, it is essential to strengthen forms of inter- and intra-group research cooperation.

Source: Bureau de Change Laboratory

DOI: 10.82215/axez9k75

Author: Querol, Marco Antonio Pereira

Institution: Universidade Federal de Sergipe

Language: English

Topic: Appreciative Inquiry and Organizational Change

Subfield: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Partnerships for the goals

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7084074008

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