Use of academic social research by public officials: Exploring preferences and constraints that impact on research use

Evidence and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 169-188

  Cherney, Adrian ^a   Head, Brian ^a   Povey, Jenny ^a   Ferguson, Michele ^a   Boreham, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic social research; Research utilisation; Research oriented culture; Research policy relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929674516     PISSN: 17442648     EISSN: 17442656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/174426514X14138926450067     Document Type: Article

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