Assessing contribution of research in business to practice

Ellson, Tony John 2009. Assessing contribution of research in business to practice. Journal of Business Research 62 (11) , pp. 1160-1164. 10.1016/j.jbusres.2008.10.008

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Abstract

This editorial offers some thoughts on wider criteria of evaluation than journal and article impact metrics. The editorial suggests that the measurement of journal and article impact metrics simply confirms the status quo rather than the promotion of resonance between practice, research and theory. The editorial proposes a more holistic recognition of impact, influence and usefulness that elevates the importance of three further dimensions of application, context and involvement. The editorial considers the value of scientific research to business practitioners and students concluding that an ingenuous and on-going scheme of exchange between scholars and practitioners would lead to cross-fertilization of ideas and experience and enhance empathy, learning and understanding. The alternative pursuit of scientific “respectability” by scholars in the most myopic academic sense has become less and less useful to students as well as the business community leaving the suspicion of business schools obsessed with making money whilst pretending to pursue knowledge and produce future citizens to make the world a better place.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management L Education > L Education (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Impact factor; Journal; Author; Practice, research and theory; Application, context and involvement; Business practitioners
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0148-2963
Last Modified:	19 Mar 2016 22:32
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/19690

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