When policy meets practice: Colliding logics and the challenges of 'Mode 2' initiatives in the translation of academic knowledge

Organization Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 1311-1340

  Swan, Jacky ^a   Bresnen, Mike ^b   Robertson, Maxine ^c   Newell, Sue ^a,d   Dopson, Sue ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

institutional change; institutional logic; knowledge production; Mode 2; policy; praxis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958463621     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840610374402     Document Type: Article

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