ASSESSMENT OF THE STATE OF APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

Abstract

Appreciative Inquiry has clearly made a significant impact on the field of organization development and change. This article presents an assessment of 50 studies based on a review of more than 400 publications and papers. The article covers four sections: first, an overview of the growing significance of AI since the initial Cooperrider and Srivastva article in 1987, with a brief summary of the history, definition, awards, and chronological presentation of the growing body of AI literature. The second section presents a description of the data search process and descriptions of data categories. The third section describes the nature and extent of AI activities and results based on the review of the 50 studies. The final section includes a summary and discussion of the current state of Appreciative Inquiry.

Citation

Yaeger, T.F., Sorensen, P.F. and Bengtsson, U. (2005), "ASSESSMENT OF THE STATE OF APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE", Research in Organizational Change and Development (Research in Organizational Change and Development, Vol. 15), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 297-319. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0897-3016(04)15009-X