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Managers as knowledge generators: The nature of practitioner‐scholar research in the nonprofit sector
Author(s) -
Salipante Paul,
Aram John D.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
nonprofit management and leadership
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.844
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1542-7854
pISSN - 1048-6682
DOI - 10.1002/nml.26
Subject(s) - sociology , public relations , practitioner research , knowledge production , management theory , business , knowledge management , management , political science , pedagogy , economics , computer science
As nonprofit management education develops, it has the opportunity to consider new premises concerning managers' roles. In the design andpractice of traditional management education, managers are assumed to be the ultimate users of knowledge. Less attention is given to educatingmanagers to be knowledge generators who combine intimate understanding of issues, problems, and settings with established theory and methods. Based ona discussion of three research projects undertaken in nonprofit settings by participants in a doctoral program for advanced practitioners at theWeatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, we describe seven dimensions of practitioner‐scholar inquiry. The patternof practitioner‐scholar research that emerges from these research projects is contrasted with two other modes of knowledge production.Implications for practitioner‐scholar inquiry and for the education of practitioner‐scholars in the nonprofit sector are discussed.