Individuals participate in decision making

How:

Criterion referenced agreement by participants to share information

members of the Action Research Teams overcame their initial reticence to share student feedback and innovations they had introduced in their teaching using agreed criteria for analysis

recognition that working as a team to share information, good practice and learning would lead to increased legitimacy and validity of the team. Team collegiality also offered a form of positive and ongoing support

participants self selected and agreed to share information based on a collegial rather than managerial approach

participants agreed that hoarding information would not be productive