Communicating social research findings more effectively: What can we learn from other fields?

Evidence and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 213-233

  Davies, Huw T O ^a   Powell, Alison E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Influencing impact; Social research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871697211     PISSN: 17442648     EISSN: 17442656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/174426412X640090     Document Type: Article

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