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How to Develop a Research Culture in a Human Services Organization

Integrating Research and Practice with Service and Policy Development

Fiona Gardner

La Trobe University, Australia, f.gardner{at}latrobe.edu.au

Cassy Nunan

Mental Illness Fellowship, Victoria, Australia, cassynunan{at}iinet.net.au

A collaborative action research project, undertaken by St Luke's Anglicare and La Trobe University's Social Work Department, guided the development of a dynamic agency-wide research culture. The research project began in early 2003, with the aim of identifying key factors and barriers in the development of a research culture and exploring ways to maximize the agency's capacity to carry out research and enhance a `culture of inquiry'. The outcomes of the research project gave clear directions for the continued development of the research culture at St Luke's. The research facilitated an understanding of how a human services organization might define itself in relation to research, and helped clarify core research strengths and capabilities. The project demonstrates the use of action research as a methodology that clarifies and enhances the processes of planning, reflection,

Key Words: action research • human service organization • practitioner research • reflective approach • research culture

Qualitative Social Work, Vol. 6, No. 3, 335-351 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1473325007080405
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