4 The influence of the impact agenda on organisational inequalities
4.1 Introduction
In the previous chapter, we discussed the principles underlying the Research Excellence Framework (REF) in the UK, with a special emphasis on rules guiding the assessment of research impact. Here, we consider the generation of impact for REF purposes as a result of work carried out by individual academics and teams. As highlighted in our explanation of the rules underpinning impact submission, only a minority of business school academics are required to get involved in impact work. This gives rise to questions about who belongs to this minority as well as, importantly, whether there are any groups of staff that are in a stronger ...
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