Practical Relevance of Management Research

Abstract

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.

Learn to Interpret and Conduct Rotation Methods in SPSS With Data From the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey (2014)

“…This approach, nevertheless results problematic from a scientific point of view as generalization of a successful solution for a given problem is not necessarily valid in different contexts ( van Aken, 2005). In spite of this, the reasoning behind this perspective is that OM research needs practical applications (Moshonsky et al, 2019), therefore, it's a case of "the professional solving a practical problem and the scientist analyzing how the professional solved the problem" (Steenhuis and de Bruijn, 2006).…”