Ledelsesudvikling i et samskabende aktionsforskningsprojekt: Etiske opmærksomhedspunkter som intern aktionsforsker

Based on the paradigm of social constructionism, this study includes a team of nine leaders who are involved as co-researchers in a nar-ratively inspired action research project, with the aim of co-creating new opportunities within the notion of relational leading (Cunliffe and Eriksen 2011; Hersted and Gergen 2013; Hosking 2010). The article examines transcribed excerpts from a dialogical pro-cess in the “start-up phase” and discusses how the action re-searcher’s (the author’s) attention – inspired by relational ethical approaches (McNamee 2019) – can support future processes of co-creation. Through empirical analysis, the author focuses on action re-search in her own organization and highlights the attention paid to the insider action researcher’s ethical approach, as well as how to co-create dialogue. The study emphasizes how attention paid to ethical concerns in the dialogical process can expand the knowledge-building process through co-creation and help understand how a curious and ex-ploratory approach to the facilitation of dialogues could support future processes of developing leadership in practice.