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Examining the Transfer of Academic Knowledge to Business Practitioners: Doctoral Program Graduates as Intermediaries

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  • Madora Moshonsky

    (Business Development Bank of Canada, Thunder Bay, Canada)

  • Alexander Serenko

    (Faculty of Business Administration, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada)

  • Nick Bontis

    (DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada)

Abstract

This study explores whether practitioners who hold a Ph.D. in business act as intermediaries in the transfer of academic knowledge from academia to practice. Twenty Ph.D. graduates were interviewed, and the data were subjected to deductive content analysis. It was concluded that the previous claims that academic research does not influence decision-making of industry practitioners are not fully warranted. Graduates of doctoral business programs act as knowledge-transfer intermediaries that aggregate, summarize, communicate, and implement findings reported in academic publications. Academic journals have the potential to disseminate scholarly knowledge beyond the academic world. Demand for evidence-based knowledge in the practitioner's environment determines his or her probability of applying academic knowledge. Not all academic knowledge is perceived as useful by practitioners, and limited access to academic literature is a major impediment to the application of scholarly findings in practice. The practitioners' connection with academia after graduation is also linked to their probability of using academic literature.

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  • Madora Moshonsky & Alexander Serenko & Nick Bontis, 2014. "Examining the Transfer of Academic Knowledge to Business Practitioners: Doctoral Program Graduates as Intermediaries," International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM), IGI Global, vol. 10(3), pages 70-95, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jkm000:v:10:y:2014:i:3:p:70-95
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