The Pracademic: An Agenda for Re‐Engaging Practitioners and Academics

Posner, Paul L.

doi:10.1111/j.1540-5850.2009.00921.x

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“…The next stage of our trajectory was the achievement of pracamedic elevation (Posner, 2009). In order to do this, we used the framework of (Brake, 2015), which allowed us to extract key abilities that would be practicable checkpoints to verify the efficacy of the political communication exercise of a party.…”

Section: Implications and Scope For Future Researchmentioning

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Exploring the influences of political branding: a case from the youth in India

Jain

Pich

Ganesh

et al. 2017

JIBR

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Purpose The extant literature demands more insights into the elements for political branding in India. Thus, this paper aims to explore political branding in terms of the influences of political branding. Design/methodology/approach The context is the young voters in an emerging country, India. Qualitative research was undertaken, and a total of 17 focus group discussions were conducted in the leading Indian cities. Findings This study found that the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) developed a strong governance and connection with the people. This approach developed a comprehensive brand among the young voters, who emphasized on the proof of the performance by the party. During pre or post-election, the BJP and other political parties need to develop a comprehensive political branding plan to connect with the voters. Research limitations/implications This study was focused on the external perspective of political branding. Future research can focus on the internal perspective in terms of party members and politicians. This study has focused on India as a specific case. Future studies can focus on a cross-cultural and cross-national level. Practical implications The framework developed can be used by political parties and leaders to develop their political brand. The study’s framework can be used in a systematic and sequential format to verify the strength of their political branding exercise. Originality/value This study focuses on the post-election scenario. Secondly, it focuses on the non-Western context. Also, the study represents a unique combination of the best theories and observations from political marketing and digital leadership.

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Section: Implications and Scope For Future Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the influences of political branding: a case from the youth in India

Jain

Pich

Ganesh

et al. 2017

JIBR

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“…This study should strengthen the argument for expanding the vital research role that can be filled by 'pracademics' (Posner 2009). …”

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Sorry, Wrong Number: Tracking Court Attendance Targeting Through Testing a “Nudge” Text

Chivers

Barnes

2018

Camb J Evid Based Polic

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Research Question Will sending defendants text messages reminding them that they are due at court, the day before, cause more defendants to attend the first scheduled Magistrate's Court hearing? Data The study universe included all 946 defendants in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight sent a postal requisition requiring them to attend court, who also had a mobile phone number, between January and June 2017. Two outcomes were then tracked: court attendance and fail-to-appear warrants. Method The experiment randomly assigned defendants at the point of postal requisition creation into the control group (n = 472), which received the standard postal approach, or the experimental treatment group (n = 474), which was sent a prescribed text message on the day before the court appearance. An intention to treat methodology was adopted, with a treatment integrity rate of 97% achieved. Post-experimental phone calls tracked the accuracy of 300 of the text numbers used across both experimental and control groups. Findings No statistically significant effect of text messages was found on either attendance at court (OR 1.06, p = 0.661) or fail-to-appear warrants issued (OR 1.106, p = 0.512). Sub-group moderator analyses were conducted by age, distance from home to court, prior history of failure to appear, and investigator contact with defendants. No sub-group showed statistically significant differences in either outcome. The postexperimental survey of phone number quality in a random sample of 300 numbers from both groups found 62% were either invalid (uncontactable) or confirmed as not being valid for the defendant. Reanalysis limited to the sub-sample of the 112 accurate numbers found that text messages had produced a promising but non-significant boost in court attendance rates. Camb J Evid Based Polic (2018)

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“…According to Posner (2009), 'pracademics' are more accurately conceived of as retaining the ability to 'switch across the boundaries in both directions'. Adding a further layer of complexity to these transitions, Posner argued that these movements vary in duration of stay and are better theorized as existing 'along a continuum, ranging from temporary or short-term switching to more permanent conversions' (ibid, p 19).…”

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“…While the idea of brokering a 'merge' or fundamental redefinition of industry or academia does not appear likely in the foreseeable future, it is nevertheless important to gain insight into the attitudes of industry towards academia and vice versa and, in so doing, explore ways to facilitate better career transitions and research partnerships between them. Posner (2009) supported this sentiment, arguing that the end goal is not a radical makeover of either sector but, rather, in pursuing these changes that, 'the goal should be to promote the unique value added by each sector [industry and academia] not to transform each sector into the image of the other' (ibid, p 26). A more recent example of inter-domain partnership in an Australian university involved the award of the Samsung Global Research Outreach Program grant to researchers at the University of South Australia.…”

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Navigating the Career Transition from Industry to Academia

Wilson¹,

Wood²,

Solomonides³

et al. 2014

Industry and Higher Education

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Transitions from ‘industry’ to ‘academia’ represent a unique type of career change. Although such transitions are becoming increasingly common in Australian universities and beyond, there is no coherent framework for making sense of the multiple and intersecting factors involved in these inter-domain movements. This form of occupational transition challenges the traditional and increasingly outdated conception of the linear academic tenure track. Thus, in order to revise the notion of the tenure track and gain a fuller understanding of these career trajectories, we must seek to understand the motivations for such occupational movements as well as the short-term, medium-term and long-term social, emotional and professional needs and preferences of practitioner-academics having made this transition. This article presents an attempt to re-think the imagery and language that have come to characterize this type of career movement as well as the attitudes within and between industry and academia. The authors advocate that transitions from industry to academia do not require the dismantling of linkages between the two fields, but rather are made more meaningful and effective when pre-existing professional and personal linkages are maintained and encouraged.

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The Pracademic: An Agenda for Re‐Engaging Practitioners and Academics

Cited by 181 publications

References 6 publications

Exploring the influences of political branding: a case from the youth in India

Exploring the influences of political branding: a case from the youth in India

Sorry, Wrong Number: Tracking Court Attendance Targeting Through Testing a “Nudge” Text

Navigating the Career Transition from Industry to Academia

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