Table 7. Correlation and Increasing Mean Values of ACT Concepts by Five Levels of Instrumental Research Utilization (IRU) (n = 2094).
| Correlation with IRU 1 | Mean Value (95% Confidence interval (Relative % Change 2 ) of ACT Concepts by Level of Instrumental Research Utilization | p-value for Mean Difference 3 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Total 4 | |||
| Leadership | 0.098** | 3.64(3.55,3.73) | 3.69(3.60,3.78) | 3.68(3.60,3.75) | 3.82(3.77,3.88) | 3.82(3.74,3.90) | 3.75(3.72,3.78) | 0.004 |
| (-2.9) | (-1.6) | (-1.9) | (1.9) | (1.9) | ||||
| Culture | 0.143** | 3.79(3.72,3.86) | 3.84(3.77,3.91) | 3.83(3.77,3.89) | 3.94(3.90,3.98) | 4.03(3.97,4.08) | 3.89(3.87,3.91) | < .0001 |
| (-2.6) | (-1.3) | (-1.5) | (1.3) | (3.6) | ||||
| Evaluation | 0.132** | 3.02(3.04,3.22) | 3.13(3.04,3.22) | 3.16(3.08,3.24) | 3.28(3.22,3.35) | 3.35(3.26,3.44) | 3.20(3.17,3.24) | < .0001 |
| (-5.6) | (-2.2) | (-1.3) | (2.5) | (4.7) | ||||
| Social Capital | 0.137** | 3.90(3.84,3.95) | 3.87(3.81,3.94) | 3.92(3.87,3.97) | 4.02(3.98,4.06) | 4.07(4.02,4.12) | 3.97(3.95,3.99) | < .0001 |
| (-1.8) | (-2.5) | (-1.3) | (1.3) | (2.5) | ||||
| Formal Interactions | 0.192** | 0.99(0.89,1.10) | 1.30(1.19,1.42) | 1.41(1.31,1.51) | 1.59(1.50,1.67) | 1.60(1.49,1.71) | 1.43(1.38,1.47) | < .0001 |
| (-30.8) | (-9.1) | (-1.4) | (11.2) | (11.9) | ||||
| Informal Interactions | 0.262** | 3.26(3.06,3.47) | 3.77(3.55,4.00) | 4.17(3.98,4.36) | 4.65(4.50,4.80) | 4.81(4.62,5.00) | 4.25(4.16,4.33) | < .0001 |
| (-23.3) | (-11.3) | (-1.9) | (9.4) | (13.2) | ||||
| Structural/ Electronic Resources | 0.185** | 3.18(2.95,3.40) | 4.01(3.76,4.26) | 4.16(3.94,4.39) | 4.39(4.22,4.57) | 4.55(4.33,4.77) | 4.05(3.96,4.14) | < .0001 |
| (-21.5) | (-1.0) | (2.7) | (8.4) | (12.3) | ||||
| Org Slack–Staff | 0.093** | 2.90(2.78,3.02) | 2.98(2.86,3.10) | 3.05(2.95,3.15) | 3.19(3.11,3.27) | 3.14(3.03,3.26) | 3.07(3.02,3.11) | 0.0004 |
| (-5.5) | (-2.9) | (-0.7) | (3.9) | (2.3) | ||||
| Org Slack–Space | 0.114** | 3.00(2.90,3.11) | 2.96(2.84,3.08) | 3.04(2.93,3.14) | 3.21(3.13,3.29) | 3.28(3.18,3.39) | 3.05(3.00,3.09) | < .0001 |
| (-1.6) | (-3.0) | (-0.3) | (5.2) | (7.5) | ||||
| Org Slack–Time | 0.151** | 2.78(2.71,2.85) | 2.93(2.86,3.00) | 2.97(2.91,3.03) | 3.04(2.99,3.09) | 3.08(3.01,3.15) | 2.97(2.94,3.00) | < .0001 |
| (-6.4) | (-1.3) | (0) | (2.4) | (3.7) | ||||
1 = Pearson’s correlation coefficients.
2 = % of difference with respect to the total sample average.
3 = p-value for one-way ANOVA using five IRU values.
4 Total = overall mean of the row concept.
** = Significance at 0.01 level