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The Voice of Experience: How Social Scientists Communicate Family Research to Policymakers
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Friese, Bettina; Bogenschneider, Karen – Family Relations, 2009
Because scientific understanding of communicating family research to policymakers is incomplete, qualitative interviews were conducted with social scientists experienced in bridging the gulf between research and family policy. In keeping with the tenets of 2 communities and community dissonance theories, the underutilization of research in…
Descriptors: Social Scientists, Public Officials, Policy Formation, Family (Sociological Unit)
Attributes of Communication between Clients and Staff of High Capacity Computer Data Processing Centers.
Hirsch, Kenneth William; Kimbrough, Kenneth Laslie – 1983
A study was conducted in September 1981 of factors which influence the process of communication between clients and staff at six high-capacity computer facilities in the Sacramento, California, metropolitan area. These included two large government organizations, a medium-sized corporation, two bibliographic database settings, and a computer…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication Research, Data Processing, Human Relations
A Study of Administrator Communication Networks in a Public School District under Conditions of Contraction.
Smith, Wilma F.; And Others – 1984
By means of communication network analysis and individual interviews conducted between September 1982 and March 1983 with district administrators in a single medium-sized school district, this study describes the consequences of the 1975 decentralization of the district's communication network. Following a brief introduction and a discussion of…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Case Studies, Communication Problems, Communication Research