Workplace Studies: From individual action to collective activity and back: developmental work research as an interventionist methodology

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Cultural-Historical Activity Theory: Exploring a Theory to Inform Practice and Research (2014, background): “The doctor/clinic vignette in this section incorporates a classic example articulated in Engeström (2000) to illustrate the primary contradiction.”
A socio‐cultural theorisation of formative assessment (2008, background): “Engeström (2000) distinguishes between a goal as a fixed endpoint and a zone, the latter being ‘the distance or the area between the individually experienced present and collectively generated foreseeable future’ (2000, p. 157).”
From design experiments to formative interventions (2008, background): “An important aspect of activity-theoretical units of analysis is the constant movement between the long historical time perspective of object-oriented activity systems and the relatively short time perspective of goal-oriented actions (Engeström, 2000).”
Learning and expanding with activity theory (2009, background): “Pointing out that solutions imported to an organization from outside or imposed from above are unlikely to work, he grounds his approach in detailed studies of situated practices backed by a clear appreciation of the driving significance of the object of their activities for those involved ( Engestr”