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There is a widely acknowledged gap between research, policy, and practice owing to a lack of capacity to translate and mobilise research results to end-users including policymakers, practitioners, and community members. Acknowledging the divide amongst researchers, policymakers, and practitioners, this conceptual paper seeks to address the following: How do we devise ways to strengthen the research-policy-practice nexus in the education landscape such that research institutions can better attend to the needs of policymakers and practitioners? How can we facilitate greater interaction among researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and other stakeholders to create a common understanding of the challenges, needs, and what works for all stakeholders? To do this, we propose a new approach that employs research as a mechanism for social change and uses the consciousness of the self as a resource for research. More specifically, we develop a framework that facilitates the conditions for the mutual understanding of norms, operational roles, academic rigour, and policy and practice outcomes among all stakeholders. Additionally, this framework seeks to foster increased inter-stakeholder conversations and dialogues to narrow the divide between researchers and policymakers and, correspondingly, improve policy translations from academic research.

This study aims to address the gap in understanding the impact arising from education research, researcher collaborations with stakeholders, and knowledge mobilization activities in Singapore. Eight cases of local research projects are used to understand the phenomenon of research impact in different context-specific settings. The findings reveal differing perceptions of impact among research users and researchers, and cohesion on the factors that contribute to research impact. Drawing from the findings, the authors propose three emerging principles that can enhance research impact efforts: a) frontloading the intended research impact, b) building mutualistic relationships, and c) co-constructing research. The findings and emerging questions from the study contribute to the growing body of scholarship to help researchers and stakeholders strengthen the research-practice-policy nexus.

Motivation, which refers to the force that drives a person to act, has been recognized as a crucial factor in promoting general well-being, along with a multitude of cognitive and psychological outcomes essential to thrive in varied domains and socio-cultural contexts. Motivation researchers have applied the Academic Motivation Scale (AMS), which emerged out of the work of self-determination theorists, in numerous studies that were set in Western contexts. It includes seven dimensions of motivation: amotivation, extrinsic motivation (external regulation, introjection and identification), and intrinsic motivation (to know, to experience stimulation and to accomplish). The purpose of the present study was to examine the cross-cultural applicability of the AMS among Singapore secondary students using both within-network and between-network approaches to construct validation. To examine the within-network aspect of validity, we used confirmatory factor analyses. We also examined the invariance of the AMS across students of different genders and academic abilities. To assess the between-network aspect of validity, we correlated AMS scores with two constructs that are entwined with academic well-being: teacher autonomy support and academic engagement. Our results supported the proposed seven‐factor structure of AMS and this structure was found to be invariant across gender and ability groups. We failed to find empirical support for the simplex structure of ordered AMS subscales. Extrinsic and intrinsic motivation scores were highly positively correlated, while amotivation negatively correlated with academic engagement and teacher autonomy support. Cross-cultural implications are discussed.

Part VIII consists of abstracts from the following articles: COLLABORATIVE KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PORTALS FOR LEARNING ORGANIZATIONS A STUDY OF THE ALIGNMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND BUSINESS STRATEGIES AND THEIR EFFECT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN’S BANKING AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS MODELING AIR TRAFFIC LANDING SEQUENCES AND CONTROL: A SIMULATION THE STATE OF IMPLEMENTATION OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN SINGAPORE ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTS ON KNOWLEDGE SHARING LEARNING IN PROJECT-BASED ORGANIZATIONS APPLYING SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS TO KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT TACIT KNOWLEDGE DIFFUSION VIA TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN NETWORKS HOW DOES KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT INFLUENCE THE INNOVATION MANAGEMENT PROCESS? A MEASUREMENT MODEL FOR ASSESSING THE KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY TRAVERSING THE FUTURE OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT (KM): AN EMERGING THEME IN HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH? PROMOTING PROFESSIONAL COLLABORATION BETWEEN MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS: LEVERAGING AN ONLINE DISCUSSION FORUM MANAGING KNOWLEDGE IN GENERAL PRACTICE SURVEYING FIRMS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN SME AND LARGE FIRMS AN EMPIRICAL EVALUATION OF A CORPORATE E-LEARNING PORTAL IMPROVING UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE PARTNERSHIPS FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS: A PILOT STUDY KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: SOME METHODOLOGICAL REMARKS THE ROLE OF STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN THE PROCESS OF A COMPANY’S KNOWLEDGE CREATION BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE FOR KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION CHALLENGES: DETERMINING WHAT INFORMATION PATIENTS REALLY WANT UTILIZATION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN AGRICULTURAL KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT: THE CASE OF THE PHILIPPINE NARS THE LEARNING SPACE OF THE SERVICE FIRM AND ELEMENTS IN THE CO-PRODUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE: EVIDENCE FROM AUSTRALIAN SERVICE FIRMS KNOWLEDGE SHARING ENABLERS: A REVIEW OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIES AND PRACTICES KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT: FROM PRODUCTIVY GAINS TO STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE DEVELOPING A KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK FOR SMALL BUSINESSES: A CASE STUDY APPLICATION OF ADAPTIVE NETWORK BASED FUZZY INFERENCE SYSTEM FOR MODEL RECONSTRUCTION IN REVERSE ENGINEERING REVAMPING UNIVERSITIES-KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT: A MEANS TO EFFECTIVE PERFORMANCE INTELLIGENT KNOWLEDGE RETRIEVAL THROUGH COLLABORATIVE KNOWLEDGE SHARING GLOBALIZATION AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR HRD CONVERSION OF A HETEROGENEOUS EDUCATION SYSTEM (HEES) INTO A HOMOGENEOUS EDUCATION SYSTEM (HOES) BY USE OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPING A KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY: AN INVESTIGATION OF CULTURAL INFLUENCES SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE: A RIPPLE DOWN RULES APPROACH TO CALL CENTRE MANAGEMENT THE APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS IN INDIA’S POST LIBERALISATION ERA A KM AND E-LEARNING BASED ARCHITECTURE: AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH FOR SMES MODELING A SIMPLIFIED KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM FOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER BETWEEN DONOR AND HOME PARTNERS KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE INDIAN CORPORATE SECTOR: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY KNOWLEDGE SHARING IN THE ASIAN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION SECTOR A MULTI-AGENT SYSTEM FOR SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION