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Practitioner Perspectives on the Gap Between Research and Practice: What Gap?

Lancaster University (UK)

Sophia J. Stone

North Carolina State University

The problem and the solution. The research-to-practice gap within HRD is an increasingly important focus of research.This study empirically investigates this issue from the perspective of practitioners, who are directly asked about their use of research. Results suggest that practitioners use "research," though the term is not used in the same way that those who engage in academic and scholarly research use it. This peer-reviewed research is perceived to not be reaching practitioners, who instead turn to their own communities of practice to meet their research needs.

Key Words: scholar-practitioner • practitioner research • research and practice gap • community of practice • human resource development

This version was published on August 1, 2009

Advances in Developing Human Resources, Vol. 11, No. 4, 454-471 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1523422309345122


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