چکیده:
This research aimed to propose a model of knowledge utilization in social sciences based on the analysis of the views of Iranian academics. This research was conducted based on a qualitative approach using grounded theory. The structured interview method was used to obtain the opinions of the experts. The research population consisted of academic members of Social Sciences in Iranian universities. Due to the extensive statistical population, sequential theoretical sampling was employed. We selected 25 academics with the highest number of both publications and citations (h-index) as the interviewees to determine the reliability and validity of this research. The evaluative criteria proposed by Lincoln and Guba were adopted. Moreover, to analyze the collected data and reach a theory, Theoretical Coding was applied. After coding, classifying, and analyzing data, the research findings led to a model derived from the ideas of Social Sciences experts in four areas as Knowledge Production, Knowledge Transfer, Knowledge Sharing, and Knowledge Utilization. According to the results achieved from analyzing the ideas of Social Sciences experts, knowledge utilization was determined as the central core of the model.
خلاصه ماشینی:
/ 9, No. 2, 202/, /09-/2J Ori ginal Research A Qualitative Study of the Process of Knowledge Utilization in the Social Sciences Ali Sadatmoosavi Oranus Tajedini Assistant Prof.
ore/0000-0001-7323-4332 Received: 05 March 2020 Accepted: 02 September 2020 Abstract This research aimed to propose a model of knowledge utilization in social sciences based on the analysis of the views of Iranian academics.
After coding, classifying, and analyzing data, the research findings led to a model derived from the ideas of Social Sciences experts in four areas as Knowledge Production, Knowledge Transfer, Knowledge Sharing, and Knowledge Utilization.
Knowledge utilization is developed to recognize the historical gap between research findings and the translation of such results into practice (Spyridonidis, Hendy & Barlow, 2015).
Knowledge utilization involves a variety of activities that can convey the message of the research appropriately to the target group (Tajedini, Azami & Sadatmoosavi 2017) Although it has been profoundly emphasized to translate knowledge obtained from research into practice, specific research conducted in Australia and the USA has indicated that many (medical) practices do not accord with research findings (Brook, Liversidge, D Wilson, Harvey, Marshall & Kitson, 2016).
In this regard, through a qualitative method, the present research is intended to propose a model of knowledge utilization in Social Sciences based on the scientists' viewpoints of Social Sciences in Iran, hoping to open new insights into the future.
The knowledge translation process among researchers in Bushehr University of Medical Sciences in Lan was also investigated by Dakhesh, Ostovar, Yazdizadeh & Hamidi (2018).