What Factors Predict Scientists' Intentions to Participate in Public Engagement of Science Activities?

By Ellen Poliakoff, Thomas Llewelyn Webb. 2007

351 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Applied Psychology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Sociology and Political Science

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In Applied Psychology

1. Lucy Yardley
2. Susan Michie
3. Thomas Llewelyn Webb
4. Judith Joseph
5. J. Varner
6. Shupei Yuan
7. Peter M. Gollwitzer
8. Benjamin Gardner

In Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

1. J. Varner
2. Susan Michie
3. Thomas Llewelyn Webb
4. J. Besley

In Sociology and Political Science

1. J. Varner
2. Anthony Dudo
3. Susan Michie
4. Thomas Llewelyn Webb
5. J. Besley
6. Shupei Yuan
7. F. Kitagawa
8. Peter M. Gollwitzer

Citations in the corpus

• Using the Internet to Promote Health Behavior Change: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Impact of Theoretical Basis, Use of Behavior Change Techniques, and Mode of Delivery on Efficacy (2010, result): “This finding supports the distinction between the two types of normative influence [87] and research that shows that descriptive norms can exert a more powerful effect on behavior and decision making than injunctive norms (eg, [88,89]).”
• Scientific Outreach: Toward Effective Public Engagement with Biological Science (2014, background): “In this article, I take a broad definition of outreach as “any scientific communication that [directly] engages an audience outside of academia” (Poliakoff and Webb 2007, p. 244); however, I largely exclude interactions with the mass media, which have been recently reviewed elsewhere (Peters 2013…”
• Understanding Scientists’ Willingness to Engage (2018, background): “Although Poliakoff and Webb (2007) did not find that perceived time pressure was associated with engagement, a later project found that time was relatively important as a predictor of online engagement (Besley, 2014).”
• Academic staff and public communication: a survey of popular science publishing across 13 countries (2011, background): “Overall, in comparison to other perceived drawbacks of popularization (e.g. time constraints), negative peer attitudes is relatively minor concern (Royal Society, 2006b; Wellcome Trust, 2000; Poliakoff and Webb, 2007).”
• Knowledge exchange: a comparison of policies, strategies, and funding incentives in English and Scottish higher education (2013, background): “Also there are factors depending on academic disciplines, career stages, institutional pressures, and personal motivations (Stephan and Levin 2001; Jacobson, Butterill and Goering 2004; Poliakoff and Webb 2007).”