In Search of Evidence
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Managers’ Attitudes and Perceived Barriers<br />
Table 4: Managers’ attitudes towards evidence-based practice (n = 1,566)<br />
Question<br />
Very positive/<br />
positive<br />
%<br />
Neither positive<br />
or negative<br />
%<br />
Very negative/<br />
negative<br />
%<br />
How would you describe your attitude towards evidence-based<br />
practice?<br />
How would you describe the attitude <strong>of</strong> most <strong>of</strong> your colleagues<br />
towards evidence-based practice?<br />
66 28 6<br />
32 48 20<br />
Statement<br />
Strongly<br />
disagree/<br />
somewhat<br />
disagree<br />
%<br />
Neither agree or<br />
disagree<br />
%<br />
Strongly agree/<br />
somewhat<br />
agree<br />
%<br />
<strong>Evidence</strong>-based practice is not applicable to managers and<br />
consultants because their pr<strong>of</strong>essions are based on hands-on<br />
experience and implicit knowledge.<br />
<strong>Evidence</strong>-based practice does not do justice to the personal<br />
experience and implicit knowledge <strong>of</strong> managers and<br />
consultants.<br />
By using evidence-based practices, managers can improve the<br />
quality <strong>of</strong> their work.<br />
By using evidence-based practices, consultants can improve<br />
the quality <strong>of</strong> their advice to clients.<br />
65 22 13<br />
56 29 15<br />
4 22 74<br />
5 20 75<br />
<strong>In</strong> the formal education <strong>of</strong> managers and consultants, more<br />
attention should be paid to evidence-based practice. 7 30 63<br />
RQ 5: Are managers’ attitudes towards evidence-based management associated<br />
with their level <strong>of</strong> education, level <strong>of</strong> experience, attention given to science in their<br />
formal education, or experience in conducting research?<br />
We did not find a relationship between level <strong>of</strong> education (r = -.11, CI 95% -.16<br />
to -.05), level <strong>of</strong> experience (r = -.004, CI 95% -.05 to .04), and attitude towards<br />
evidence-based management. Nor did we find any difference between respondents<br />
whose formal education focused on scientific research and those whose education<br />
did not (LogOR = .29, p = .08, CI 95% -.03 to .61). We did discover a difference<br />
related to their experience in conducting research (LogOR = .38, p = .02, CI 95%<br />
.05 to .71), although the effect size indicates that the difference is small (d = .2
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