How Relevant Is OM Research to Managerial Practice?——An Empirical Study of Top Executives Perceptions
Purpose: Thus far, no study collects evidence from practitioners directly to investigate the characteristics of Operations Management (OM) research that appears to have impacts on OM practice, nor do we know how practitioners evaluate the managerial relevance of OM research. This paper aims to answer two interesting and important questions: 1) How do practitioners judge the managerial relevance of OM research and 2) Whether practitioners criteria on managerial relevance can help OM researchers improve the relevance? Design/methodology/approach: A panel of senior executives was asked to read the top ten most downloaded papers from the Journal of Operations Management and fill the designed questionnaire. Following Cronbachs (1971) cumulative theorybuilding process through which progress is made by successively testing the efficacy of the measures, we examined the diverse disciplines, consolidated relevant findings and integrated them into a tractable, meaningful research framework. Findings: We found that practitioners evaluate our OM research by three criteria: whether a-cademic research is applicable or implementable (Solution Oriented), whether academic research provides novel insights or new perspectives to management (Eye Opening), and whether academic research helps practitioners recognize their situations (Accessibility). Originality/value: While the awareness of managerial relevance in OM research has been growing, few systematic, quantitative-oriented empirical studies of practitioners attitude toward academic OM research exist in the current literature. This paper directly explored practitioners opinions on managerial relevance through quantitative analysis and identified several possible dimensions to pursue managerial relevance in OM research.
Victoire de Margerie Bin Jiang
国际会议
10th China International Academic Seminar for Universities(第十届中国高校管理暨学术国际研讨会)
北京
英文
148-170
2010-07-17（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）