approaches that operates in a wide variety of settings and with great diversity and so
criteria may need to be approach specific (Reason and Bradbury 2008). This article focuses
on one setting, namely, OD, and frames an integrative framework to enable action
researchers create quality as they construct, design, facilitate and deliver their action
research work. A central assumption underpinning this paper is that action research seeks
to contribute to both action though problem solving or developing a change initiative and
to the creation of practical knowing. Accordingly, this paper holds that publishability is
integral to the research dimension of action research, whether or not a publication is
actually intended or attempted.