New evidence on instrumental, conceptual, and symbolic utilization of university research in government agencies

被引:280
作者
Amara, N [1 ]
Ouimet, M [1 ]
Landry, R [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Laval, Dept Management, Fac Business, CHSRF CIHR Chair Knowledge Transfer & Innovat, Quebec City, PQ G1K 7P4, Canada
关键词
research utilization; instrumental use; conceptual use; symbolic use; ordered logit;
D O I
10.1177/1075547004267491
中图分类号
G2 [信息与知识传播];
学科分类号
05 ; 0503 ;
摘要
This article addresses three questions: What is the extent of instrumental, conceptual, and symbolic use of university research in government agencies? Are there differences between the policy domains in regard to the extent of each type of use? What are the determinants of instrumental, conceptual, and symbolic use of university research? Based on a survey of 833 government officials, the results suggest that (1) the three types of use of research simultaneously play a significant role in government agencies, (2) there are large differences between policy domains in regard to research utilization, and (3) a small number of determinants explain the increase of instrumental, conceptual, and symbolic utilization of research in a different way.
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页码:75 / 106
页数:32
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