Journal article
Improving Technical Information Use: What Can Be Learnt from a Manager’s Perspective?
Environmental Management, Vol.52(1), pp.221-233
2013
Abstract
Conservation practice reportedly suffers from low use of technical information. Understanding of factors that affect the influence of technical information on management decision-making is limited. We sought to identify leverage points for improved technical information dissemination in the New South Wales Parks and Wildlife Service, Australia, given the significant recent investments in monitoring and evaluation that had been made. We did so by exploring the inter-relationships between factors affecting the influence of different information types on management decisions. Results indicate that managers have a high inclination toward adaptive behavior, given they operate in an information poor environment. The most influential types of information were those that enabled interaction between information provider and recipient (e.g., staff experience and expertise). An analysis of the concordance in individuals' responses for different information types showed that neither accessibility nor organizational expectation of use was aligned with influence on decision-making. Alignment of responses also varied by work area. Raising expectations of information use or increasing access to particular types of information is therefore unlikely to result in an increase in influence on management decision-making. Rather than focussing on matching accessibility and expected use of particular information types, our results indicate that technical information uptake is best supported through existing peer networks tailored to specific work areas.
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- Title
- Improving Technical Information Use: What Can Be Learnt from a Manager’s Perspective?
- Authors
- Christine L Jacobson (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and BusinessA Lisle (Author) - University of QueenslandR W (Bill) Carter (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and BusinessM Hockings (Author) - University of Queensland
- Publication details
- Environmental Management, Vol.52(1), pp.221-233
- Publisher
- Springer New York LLC
- Date published
- 2013
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00267-013-0084-y
- ISSN
- 0364-152X
- Organisation Unit
- Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449058302621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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