ABSTRACT
In this volume’s 12th chapter, “Using frameworks and models to support knowledge mobilization,” Reader in Management Vicky Ward focuses on one part of the knowledge mobilization research literature – frameworks and models – and explores how these can be used to support efforts to encourage evidence-informed practice. It begins with a discussion of the nature and scope of frameworks and models, including emphasis on why they may be a useful place to start when trying to get to grips with knowledge mobilization. It then includes an introduction to a range of frameworks and models from different fields of research and practice (health, education, and management) and to a way of thinking about them that may enable extension beyond the fields in which they were developed. The chapter concludes with consideration regarding how these frameworks can be put to practical use by knowledge mobilizers.
