An Exploration on How to Develop the Research Questions with Practical Relevance and Impacts?——A Theoretical Framework Based on the NSFC Special Grants Practice

Abstract

Abstract: Responsible managerial research has been recognized by scholars, who highlight that responsible managerial research is not only the key to increasing the practical relevance of managerial research, but also contributes to the economic and social development. The extant literature has discussed how to promote the practical relevance of managerial research, but failed to indicate how scholars could develop the research questions with significant practical relevance. This paper develops a model of “Scientist-Practitioner” interaction to address this important theoretical question, and provides detailed evidence about how to develop research question with practical relevance based on the NSFC special grants practice, which is related to the grand research topic in Business Administration Discipline. The results contribute new knowledge and method to the current discussion on how to balance the rigor and relevance in managerial research, and provide important implications to scholars.

Key words: Business Administration Discipline, scientific question, relevance, theoretical model

Yang Jun, Zhao Xinyuan, Ran Lun. An Exploration on How to Develop the Research Questions with Practical Relevance and Impacts?——A Theoretical Framework Based on the NSFC Special Grants Practice[J]. Management Review, 2021, 33(4): 12-23.

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