Practical Relevance of Management Research: The Role of Doctoral Program Graduates

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Author(s): Madora Moshonsky (Business Development Bank of Canada, Canada), Alexander Serenko (Lakehead University, Canada)and Nick Bontis (McMaster University, Canada)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 30
Source title: Effective Knowledge Management Systems in Modern Society
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Murray E. Jennex (San Diego State University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5427-1.ch012

Keywords: Business & Management / Information Science Reference / Knowledge Management / Risk Management & Analysis

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Recently, a number of academics and practitioners have questioned the relevance and practical impact of management research. This study, based on an analysis of interviews with 20 doctoral program graduates, demonstrates that such claims are not fully warranted. Instead, academic research reaches practitioners because graduates of doctoral business programs act as knowledge-transfer intermediaries that aggregate, summarize, communicate, and implement findings reported in academic publications. Demand for evidence-based knowledge in the practitioner's environment determines his or her probability of applying academic knowledge. However, not all academic knowledge is perceived as useful by practitioners, and limited access to academic literature is a major impediment to the application of scholarly findings in practice. The practitioners' connection with academia after graduation influences their probability of using academic literature. Academic journals also have the potential to disseminate scholarly knowledge beyond the academic world.

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