Abstract
Abstract Most understandings obtained from the numerous debates about the impact of scientific research on society are concentrated on the economic, social, cultural and technological dimensions, thus urging for a deeper understanding of the impact on its cultural and, particularly, symbolic dimensions. Every research result bears a symbolic weight that will impact organizations and society. Thus, researchers must reflect on how to produce results while aware and sensitive of the symbolic impact they may cause. Symbolic impacts are decisive for understanding the subtle, deep and structuring value that research results have in developing and transforming society and organizations.
Highlights
The debate on the impact of scientific research on society is at the center of attention nowadays, recurrently addressed based on the economic, social, governmental, organizational, technological, cultural, and educational dimensions
Discussions about scientific research impacts are often limited to understanding the need for their measurement, so that causal relationships or escalation types are the most used strategies in conducting such debate (Sandes-Guimarães & Hourneaux, 2020)
Our cultural practices – structurally marked by power relations – substantiate the symbolic dimension of society and organizations in our scientific production, explaining the importance of reflecting upon the symbolic impacts arising from research results
Summary
Josiane Silva de Oliveiraa Eduardo Paes Barreto Davelb a Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Brazil b Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil.
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