Nottingham, P.

Professional artefacts: evaluating creative outcomes for work-based inquiry

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Nottingham, P. 2020. Professional artefacts: evaluating creative outcomes for work-based inquiry. Journal of Work-Applied Management. 12 (2), pp. 127-139. https://doi.org/10.1108/JWAM-03-2020-0014

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Title	Professional artefacts: evaluating creative outcomes for work-based inquiry
Authors	Nottingham, P.
Abstract	Purpose This paper aims to explore graduate perspectives about the creation and use of professional artefacts to communicate work-based inquiry projects to professional audiences. Design/methodology/approach The study was based on constructivist qualitative interviews with 14 graduates from a part-time professional practice in arts programme and used thematic analysis to interpret and discuss the findings. Findings Participants indicated a perceived value in the use of the professional artefact as a way of articulating their professional inquiry. Professional artefacts enable essential communication skills for professional contexts, have the capacity for engaging with professional audiences that are external to the university, have the potential for enabling further study and workplace employability, show awareness of project management and leadership capabilities and helped some individuals build on and share their own personal philosophy of practice with peer professionals. Research limitations/implications As a small-scale research project that used purposive sampling, the findings are not representative, but could provide the creative means to develop professional artefacts within work-related educational programmes and workplace learning programmes. Practical implications It is argued that the process and production of professional artefacts can provide the means for communicating work-based projects to professional audiences within workplace settings. Originality/value Professional artefacts explore and present developmental aspects of work-based inquiries with distinctive creative approaches to favour practice knowledge and innovation that can be expressively shared with peer professionals.
Keywords	Professional artefact; Work-based learning; Work-based projects; Inquiry; Communication; Creative arts
Research Group	Work and Learning Research Centre
Publisher	Emerald Publishing Limited
Journal	Journal of Work-Applied Management
ISSN	2205-2062
Online	30 Jun 2020
Print	13 Oct 2020
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Deposited	06 Jul 2020
Accepted	17 Apr 2020
Output status	Published
Publisher's version	10-1108_JWAM-03-2020-0014_Vol12No 2pp127-139.pdf License CC BY 4.0
Copyright Statement	© Paula McIver Nottingham. Published in Journal of Work-Applied Management. Published by Emerald Publishing Limited. This article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) licence. Anyone may reproduce, distribute, translate and create derivative works of this article (for both commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.1108/JWAM-03-2020-0014
Language	English

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