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Twinned careers: Public sector practitioners in public administration teaching and research
Author(s) -
O’Neill Michael A.,
Wilkins John K.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
canadian public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.361
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1754-7121
pISSN - 0008-4840
DOI - 10.1111/capa.12278
Subject(s) - scholarship , administration (probate law) , work (physics) , political science , public sector , public relations , point (geometry) , sociology , public administration , law , engineering , mechanical engineering , geometry , mathematics
Scholarship in Canadian public administration programs takes many forms. One of these is the contribution made by practitioners. Yet very little is known about this group and, with the exception of Kenneth Kernaghan's articles, there is little Canadian literature on practitioner‐scholars. Taking Kernaghan's work as a starting point, we explore the contribution of practitioner‐scholars and shed light on their background and contribution to public administration scholarship. Our study finds that practitioner‐scholars are well‐qualified and engaged public administration professionals whose contribution is much broader than that first described by Kernaghan.