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Factors influencing fuel reduction research use : = A theory-based evaluation.

Record Type:	Language materials, manuscript : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Factors influencing fuel reduction research use :/
Reminder of title:	A theory-based evaluation.
Author:	Bigler Cole, Heidi.
Description:	1 online resource (125 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-01, Section: B, page: 1950.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International69-01B.
Subject:	Environmental science. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9780549428350

Factors influencing fuel reduction research use : = A theory-based evaluation.
Bigler Cole, Heidi.

Factors influencing fuel reduction research use :A theory-based evaluation. - 1 online resource (125 pages)

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-01, Section: B, page: 1950.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Idaho, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references

This dissertation explores factors that influence whether forest managers use fuel reduction research. A survey was administered to 868 Forest Service employees who work in fuel reduction planning and decision-making. Managers' use of research findings is tacit; the process of seeking, absorbing and ultimately using research findings cannot be observed externally. However, use levels can be measured using Knowledge Internalization, which measures factors that influence decisions to use research. Knowledge Internalization was the dependent variable in this study. Two theories provided the independent variables tested in this study. Protection Motivation Theory is based on risk aversion. It suggests that people will use information to reduce personal risk. Adoption Theory suggests that costs and benefits underlie individual's decisions to use new information. Results suggest that both Protection Motivation Theory and Adoption Theory are predictive of Forest Service land managers' use of fuel reduction research. However, the Adoption Theory model proved to be most predictive. Study results may be useful for developing science delivery communication plans that address users' cognitive needs. More people may use fuel reduction research if they can see advantages to using the research, if the research is easy to use, if they can observe others using the research and if they can try using the findings before committing to use them. Fuel reduction researchers and their federal funders are held accountable for producing fuel reduction research that is both useful and used. This research identifies communication-related factors that influence managers' decisions to use fuel reduction research. A measure that can address accountability needs was developed. Changes in forest manager behavior that result from fuel reduction science delivery efforts can now be measured.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780549428350Subjects--Topical Terms:

1179128
Environmental science.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

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