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100 _aNelson, John P. and Lindsay, Spencer
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245 _aWhat determines public affairs researchers’ motivations for policy impact: Results from an exploratory study
260 _aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences
300 _a89(3), Sep, 2023: p.901-918
520 _aAlthough public policy and public administration are intuitively practical fields of scholarship, much public affairs research never affects practice. Previous studies have shown that one major predictor of whether a given research study or researcher achieves impact is the researcher's motivation to do so. Using data from a survey of 409 authors of articles in major public affairs journals, we present and test models of the determinants of researchers’ use motivations with regard to specific research studies and over the course of their careers. Results indicate that previous experience as a practitioner is positively associated with perceived career-long use motivation and rewards for use associated with tenure and promotion, although not with annual evaluations. In addition, project-specific use motivation is positively associated with perceived career-long use motivation, academic age, a study suggestion made by a practitioner, and methodological contribution. Motivations based on a desire to appear productive or on suggestions from researcher colleagues are negatively associated with study-specific use. – Reproduced https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00208523221141346
773 _aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences
906 _aPUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
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