Barends Eric, Villanueva Josh, Rousseau Denise M, Briner Rob B, Jepsen Denise M, Houghton Edward, Ten Have Steven
Center for Evidence Based Management (CEBMa), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2017 Oct 3;12(10):e0184594. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184594. eCollection 2017.
Evidence-based practice (EBP) in management is still in its infancy. Several studies suggest that managers in businesses and other organizations do not consult the scientific evidence when making decisions. To facilitate its uptake, we need to better understand practitioner attitudes and perceived barriers related to EBP. In medicine and nursing, an abundance of research exists on this subject, although such studies are rare in management. To address this gap, we surveyed 2,789 management practitioners in Belgium, the Netherlands, the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. Our findings indicate that most managers we studied have positive attitudes towards EBP. However, lack of time and a limited understanding of scientific research are perceived as major barriers to the uptake and implementation of EBP in management. Studies in other professions where EBP is far more established also report similar barriers. We discuss the implications of our findings for practice, education and research, providing suggestions to enhance use of EBP in management practice.
管理领域的循证实践（EBP）仍处于起步阶段。多项研究表明，企业和其他组织中的管理者在做决策时并不参考科学证据。为了促进循证实践的应用，我们需要更好地了解从业者对循证实践的态度以及他们所感知到的相关障碍。在医学和护理领域，关于这个主题已有大量研究，尽管此类研究在管理领域很少见。为了填补这一空白，我们对比利时、荷兰、美国、英国和澳大利亚的2789名管理从业者进行了调查。我们的研究结果表明，我们所研究的大多数管理者对循证实践持积极态度。然而，时间不足和对科学研究的了解有限被视为在管理中采用和实施循证实践的主要障碍。在循证实践更为成熟的其他职业领域的研究也报告了类似的障碍。我们讨论了研究结果对实践、教育和研究的影响，并提出了在管理实践中加强循证实践应用的建议。
