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Flying with the Fairies: A Qualitative Ecological Psychology Study of IDG Practitioners’ Collaboration in Practice

Rudzitis, Natálie LU (2026) PSYP01 20261
Department of Psychology
Abstract
This study explored how Inner Development Goals (IDG) practitioners described
collaborating across organisations and fields, and what affordances for collaboration they enacted in their work across teams. Using a qualitative, interpretative design grounded in a critical realist approach, semi-structured interviews were conducted with IDG practitioners, who are professionals working with sustainable transformation across many applied professional sectors. By offering a process-oriented account of real-life collaboration instances of the IDG community, the study addresses an empirical and pragmatic gap of how collaborating unfolds and aims to support the development of new practical resources for IDG
practitioners involved in... (More)
This study explored how Inner Development Goals (IDG) practitioners described
collaborating across organisations and fields, and what affordances for collaboration they enacted in their work across teams. Using a qualitative, interpretative design grounded in a critical realist approach, semi-structured interviews were conducted with IDG practitioners, who are professionals working with sustainable transformation across many applied professional sectors. By offering a process-oriented account of real-life collaboration instances of the IDG community, the study addresses an empirical and pragmatic gap of how collaborating unfolds and aims to support the development of new practical resources for IDG
practitioners involved in cross-organisational collaboration. The data was analyzed using experiential reflexive thematic analysis which resulted in several main and sub-themes. The first theme, “Working with-in differences”, highlighted that IDG practitioners engaged with disciplinary and hierarchical differences through relational and embodied practices, including intentionally erasing hierarchy, developing shared cross-disciplinary language, and/or attuning to shared physical presence in teamwork. The second theme, “Working beyond conventional incentives”, challenged conventional rigid organizational structures and predefined incentives for collaboration, where IDG practitioners suggested how they utilized alternative incentives and created conditions for inter-organisational collaboration to unfold.
The study suggests that collaboration is not a fixed competency, but an ongoing, situated process, continuously enacted through relational, embodied, and intentional engagement with differences and contextual constraints. (Less)
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author
Rudzitis, Natálie LU
supervisor
organization
course
PSYP01 20261
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Inner Development Goals, ecological psychology, reflexive thematic analysis, collaboration, component-based models
language
English
id
9250616
date added to LUP
2026-09-09 16:34:16
date last changed
2026-09-09 16:34:16
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  abstract     = {{This study explored how Inner Development Goals (IDG) practitioners described 
collaborating across organisations and fields, and what affordances for collaboration they enacted in their work across teams. Using a qualitative, interpretative design grounded in a critical realist approach, semi-structured interviews were conducted with IDG practitioners, who are professionals working with sustainable transformation across many applied professional sectors. By offering a process-oriented account of real-life collaboration instances of the IDG community, the study addresses an empirical and pragmatic gap of how collaborating unfolds and aims to support the development of new practical resources for IDG 
practitioners involved in cross-organisational collaboration. The data was analyzed using experiential reflexive thematic analysis which resulted in several main and sub-themes. The first theme, “Working with-in differences”, highlighted that IDG practitioners engaged with disciplinary and hierarchical differences through relational and embodied practices, including intentionally erasing hierarchy, developing shared cross-disciplinary language, and/or attuning to shared physical presence in teamwork. The second theme, “Working beyond conventional incentives”, challenged conventional rigid organizational structures and predefined incentives for collaboration, where IDG practitioners suggested how they utilized alternative incentives and created conditions for inter-organisational collaboration to unfold. 
The study suggests that collaboration is not a fixed competency, but an ongoing, situated process, continuously enacted through relational, embodied, and intentional engagement with differences and contextual constraints.}},
  author       = {{Rudzitis, Natálie}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Flying with the Fairies: A Qualitative Ecological Psychology Study of IDG Practitioners’ Collaboration in Practice}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}