Shaw Lynn, Prodinger Birgit, Jacobs Karen, Shaw Nathan
School of Occupational Therapy, University of Western Ontario, Elborn College, Ontario, Canada.
Work. 2010;35(3):247-55. doi: 10.3233/WOR-2010-0988.
A historical review of the editorial board and the founding editor of WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation was conducted to examine the understanding of the editorship and contributions of this team to the knowledge in WORK.
The team of four authors worked together to identify an approach to evaluate the contributions and impact of WORK's editorial board (EB) on the journal's scholarship. The editor-in-chief (EIC) and editorial board members were participants in this evaluation.
Informative and formative evaluations were used to investigate how knowledge was shaped through the development of an epistemic community of scholars in the field of work. Metrics of the EB composition and participation in the journal as well as surveys and interviews with the board and the editor-in-chief were analyzed.
The EB represents an international community of scholars with a common interest in work and who contribute academically both within WORK and beyond. The epistemic community that has evolved through the editorial board represents a pluralistic perspective on work that is needed to inform practice, and knowledge.
Future directions to continue to advance knowledge through WORK's editorial board and EIC are elaborated.
对《工作:预防、评估与康复杂志》的编辑委员会和创始编辑进行历史回顾,以审视该团队对《工作》领域知识的编辑理解和贡献。
四位作者组成的团队共同确定了一种方法,以评估《工作》编辑委员会(EB)对该期刊学术成果的贡献和影响。主编(EIC)和编辑委员会成员参与了此次评估。
采用信息性和形成性评估来调查知识是如何通过工作领域学者的认知共同体的发展而形成的。分析了编辑委员会的组成、在期刊中的参与情况以及对编辑委员会和主编的调查与访谈数据。
编辑委员会代表了一个对工作有着共同兴趣的国际学者群体,他们在《工作》期刊内外都做出了学术贡献。通过编辑委员会发展起来的认知共同体代表了一种多元的工作视角,这对于指导实践和知识积累是必要的。
阐述了通过《工作》的编辑委员会和主编继续推动知识发展的未来方向。