Delivering Impact in Management Research: When Does It Really Happen?

Impact is of increasing importance to all researchers, given its growing centrality to those who fund, assess and use research around the world. Delivering Impact in Management Research sets out a detailed and nuanced analysis of how research impact is best delivered in practice. Starting with a rich conceptualisation, the authors move on to discuss models through which meaningful impact is framed and delivered. The book explains processes, skills and approaches to impact, along with examples and insights into potential pitfalls and solutions.

Examples are drawn from around the world and systems such as the UK Research Excellence Framework (REF) are discussed as part of a key contribution to primary debates globally. A significant contribution to the long-standing discussion about relevance in business, management and organisation studies research, this concise book is essential reading for scholars and university administrators seeking to advance their understanding of delivering and demonstrating world-class research that matters.

Robert MacIntosh is the chair of the Chartered Association of Business Schools and the head of the School of Social Sciences at Heriot-Watt University, UK.

Katy Mason is the chair of the British Academy of Management and a professor of Markets and Management at Lancaster University Management School, UK, where she is also an associate dean for Research.

Nic Beech is a vice-chancellor of Middlesex University having previously been a vice-principal of the University of St Andrews and the provost of the University of Dundee, UK.

Jean M. Bartunek is the Robert A. and Evelyn J. Ferris chair and a professor of Management and Organization at Boston College, USA.