| Abstrakt: |
The article focuses on the utilization of social work research. In the beginning the article points out the distinction between social science research carried out in a social work setting and social work research. The social science researcher may make use of a social work program as a source of data, but he is oriented primarily to one of the social sciences. The social work researcher, on the other hand, is oriented primarily to the problems of social work and aims at acquiring knowledge that he hopes will be relevant to social work. The author discusses the subject using his experience and observations over the past sixteen years in the Community Service Society of New York's Institute of Welfare Research. He believes that the organizational structure and context within which research is carried on are relevant to the pattern of successes and failures in the use of its findings. Thereupon, the author gives some historical background on the agency. Furthermore, the author discusses some of the specific projects carried out by the agency. Also, the author focuses on research utility, oriented primarily to the needs and purposes of the administrator and practitioner rather than to the proclivities of the researcher. |
