Context Medical underperformance puts patient safety at risk. Remediation, the process that
seeks to 'remedy'underperformance and return a doctor to safe practice, is therefore a …

Highlights•Relational values are socially constructed through recursive relationships
between structure and individual cultural practices.•Relational values are shared and …

This paper identifies and evaluates the explicit and implicit philosophical assumptions
underlying the so-called multilevel perspective on sociotechnical transitions (MLP). These …

In this paper, critical realism and activity theory are compared within the context of theorizing
technologymediated organizational change. An activity theoretic analysis of the …

Margaret Archer plays a leading role in the sociological analysis of the relation between
structure and agency, and particularly in the study of reflexivity. The main aim of this article is …

This study features the concept of 'context'and how various macro, meso and micro features
of the social system play themselves out in any setting. Using South Africa as an example, it …

This article aims to contribute to the methodological discussion initiated by Pawson and
Manzano-Santaella (2012). It proposes a possible elaboration of the 'trio of explanatory …

Pawson and Tilley's acknowledgment of programs embedded in multiple social systems has
gained little traction in realist synthesis and evaluation practice. A practice focusing on fairly …

We evaluate whether the theory of effectuation provides–or could provide–a powerful causal
explanation of the process of new venture creation. We do this by conducting an analysis of …

In this wide-ranging interview Professor Margaret Archer discusses a variety of aspects of
her work, academic career and influences, beginning with the role the study of education …