caa a22 4500 605520143 CHVBK 20210128100733.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11213-015-9350-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11213-015-9350-7 A Phenomenological Approach to the Study of Social Systems [Elektronische Daten] [Leonardo Terra, João Passador] Systems thinking comprises one of the greatest revolutions of the 20th century. The core of such approach embodies crucial epistemological questions, which refer to the need to formulate methods suitable to their premises. As the theoretical reflexive space cannot be neglected within the scientific process, not only the construction of empirical methods, but also the methodologies for building theoretical hypotheses to describe and explain complex phenomena must be appropriate to the perspectives of the ideals of such complexity. Thus, the present research effort aims at proposing a structured methodological approach, based on the philosophical principles of the general systems theory and Husserl's phenomenology, which can be used as an alternative to describe and explain complex systems phenomena. As a solution to the problem at stake, we present a research framework based on a hybrid procedure, which applies analogue processes and also eidetic reduction in order to build theoretical descriptions capable of synthesising complex dynamics in a structured manner. Despite some challenges inherent to its nature, the proposed method shows robustness in philosophical terms, to organise the formulation of theoretical hypotheses in an action research environment. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2015 Systems theory nationallicence Methodology nationallicence Phenomenology nationallicence Analogy nationallicence Complexity nationallicence Terra Leonardo Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil aut Passador João Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil aut Systemic Practice and Action Research Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 28/6(2015-12-01), 613-627 1094-429X 28:6<613 2015 28 11213 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11213-015-9350-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11213-015-9350-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Terra Leonardo Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Passador João Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Systemic Practice and Action Research Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 28/6(2015-12-01), 613-627 1094-429X 28:6<613 2015 28 11213