"Shielding" the Knowledge Transfer Process in Human Service Research

Gano, Gretchen; Crowley, Jocelyn Elise; Guston, David H.

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“…Knowledge utilization studies examine how knowledge is transferred from the environments in which it is created to environments where it can be used to improve human wellbeing (Backer 1991, Gano et al 2007. From this perspective, learning can be defined as the extent to which knowledge arising from social interactions occurring within bridging organizations is used to inform natural resource governance policies and practices.…”

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“…Landry et al (2003) provide a useful overview of socio-organizational factors mediating knowledge transmission between actors. First, 'two-communities' explanations assume that cultural differences between actors in terms of the types of qualities of knowledge desired can hinder knowledge utilization (Frenk 1992, Oh and Rich 1996, Gano et al 2007). For example, cultural differences between policy makers and academic researchers are commonly conceptualized in terms of the different norms and values they hold regarding the knowledge transfer process (Caplan 1979, Oh andRich 1996).…”

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“…Metrics and methods from knowledge utilization studies, social network analysis, and qualitative analysis provide some starting points. Based on research by Gano et al (2007), we developed quantitative survey items for determining the extent to which cultural differences exist between social groups involved in natural resource governance with respect to the importance of scientific merit, experimental design, interpersonal contacts, and knowledge dissemination strategies (see Appendix 1.2). Independent samples t-tests can be used to test for statistically significant differences between groups, and the extent to which groups differ along one or more of the 'cultural axes' can be quantified and regressed on the knowledge utilization scale.…”

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Learning in Support of Governance: Theories, Methods, and a Framework to Assess How Bridging Organizations Contribute to Adaptive Resource Governance

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Humanity faces increasingly intractable environmental problems characterized by high uncertainty, complexity, and swift change. Natural resource governance must therefore involve continuous production and use of new knowledge to adapt to highly complex, rapidly changing social-ecological systems to ensure long-term sustainable development. Bridging and boundary organizations have been proposed as potentially powerful means of achieving these aims by promoting cooperation among actors from the science, policy, and management sectors. However, despite substantial investments of time, capital, and human resources, little agreement exists about definitions and measures of knowledge production and how this is achieved in bridging organizations and there is only meager understanding of how knowledge production and its use are shaped by social interactions, socio-political environments, and power relations. New concepts, methods, and metrics for conceptualizing and measuring learning in support of natural resource governance and testing the conditions under which it can be achieved are therefore badly needed. This paper presents an attempt at a holistic framework to address this, drawing on theory, methods, and metrics from three research areas: knowledge utilization, boundary organizations, and stakeholder theory. Taken together, these provide a solid conceptual and methodological toolkit for conducting cross-case comparisons aimed at understanding the social environmental conditions under which learning in such organizations does and does not occur. We use empirical data to show how the framework can be applied and discuss some of the practical considerations and important challenges that emerge. We close with a general discussion and an agenda for future research to promote discussion around the topic of how to erect systematic comparisons of learning in support of adaptive natural resource governance as it occurs in bridging organizations

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“…Likewise, there is strong recognition that dissemination activities are most successful when research knowledge is not just transferred but translated to research users (Cooper and Levin, 2010;Hemsley-Brown and Sharp, 2004;Nutley et al, 2007;Sebba, 2013;Sin, 2008;Stevens et al, 2009). But distinctively in KPU discourse, knowledge transfer and translation between the two communities is to be achieved not simply through protocols, practice tools, or discrete presentations to varying audiences, but through sustained engagement processes between producers and the same intended users (Chagnon et al, 2010;Gano et al, 2006;Nutley et al, 2003). Hence a variety of strategies has been envisaged to connect the two communities in ways that integrate, rather than separate the processes of knowledge translation, transfer and utilisation.…”

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Connecting Research to Action: Perspectives on Research Utilisation

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In contemporary knowledge societies, scientific research has been emphasised as a key component of effective and accountable service provision. This paper examines commonalities and distinctions between two discourses of research utilisation, 'evidence-based practice'(EBP) and 'knowledge production/utilisation' (KPU) -the former more prominent in informing the social work canon, the latter with some potential to do so. Specifically, it considers how and where these discourses are now coming together, through a focus on 'knowledge mobilisation', 'implementation', and 'innovation', and a shared emphasis on the role of organisations in bridging the gap between research and action. It hopes to contribute to the movement towards greater research use in social work and enhance understanding of the mechanisms by which research is connected to action.

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“…As such, it focuses on the supply side of the research utilisation process. The engineering model of knowledge utilisation (also called the science-push, technology-pull, or demand-pull model) views the methodological characteristics of knowledge as central to utilisation and emphasises the value of the apparent unbiased nature of research (Gano, Crowley, & Gunston, 2006). However, the more recent focus on the socio-organisational determinants of knowledge utilisation stresses "the importance of communication between and among groups" as critical to promoting utilisation (Gano et al, 2006, p. 39).…”

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Making Research Count: What Australian Social Work Researchers Think

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A central question in the research utilisation literature is what happens to research evidence once it is produced. In social work, this has frequently translated to questions of whether and how social workers use research in practice. Despite these questions, relatively little is known about the ways in which research comes to be used in social work practice. This paper reports on a study of research utilisation in social work, which examined researchers' perceptions of the factors impacting on research use in social work. The specific focus of this study was on the impact of interaction between researchers and practitioners on research use in practice. The study replicated a scale used in prior studies on knowledge utilisation to collect data from 60 Australian researchers publishing in social work journals, all of whom reported some level of research use by practitioners. Key variables were coproduction, engagement, and research utilisation. Implications for future use of the survey instrument for the measurement and implementation of research use in social work are discussed. ARTICLE HISTORY

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"Shielding" the Knowledge Transfer Process in Human Service Research

Cited by 17 publications

References 24 publications

Learning in Support of Governance: Theories, Methods, and a Framework to Assess How Bridging Organizations Contribute to Adaptive Resource Governance

Learning in Support of Governance: Theories, Methods, and a Framework to Assess How Bridging Organizations Contribute to Adaptive Resource Governance

Connecting Research to Action: Perspectives on Research Utilisation

Making Research Count: What Australian Social Work Researchers Think

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