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Organizational and individual factors in bringing research to practice: What we know, where we need to go
Author(s) -
Forman Susan G.,
Smallwood Diane L.,
Nagle Richard J.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/pits.20092
Subject(s) - alliance , publication , psychology , engineering ethics , political science , law , engineering , advertising , business
In this commentary, we examine the articles in this special issue in terms of a continuum of research to practice strategies currently used in school psychology. On one end of the continuum is the publish and hope approach, and at the other end is the change the organization to fit the innovation approach. We present the concept of innovation implementation as central to research to practice issues, and we review literature about organizational and individual factors that affect the success of innovation implementation. A new research‐to‐practice approach in which there is a dynamic, ongoing alliance between researchers and practitioners is suggested. Implications for researchers, practitioners, trainers, and professional organizations are described. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Psychol Schs 42: 569–576, 2005.