An exploration of individual, job, and organizational characteristics associated with district research leaders' knowledge brokering work

The role of district research leaders (DRLs) in central offices has emerged as a strategy for improving the creation, flow, and use knowledge decision-making. However, there is limited information about responsibilities, opportunities, challenges inherent these roles. This exploratory qualitative study features document analysis to examine individual backgrounds, job demands, organizational contexts DRLs. result this suggest that multiple pathways DRL exist, but few include formal training brokering. Further findings jobs are complex entail diverse tasks, share focus on leadership coordination, identifying obtaining relevant information, facilitating evidence-informed change. Moreover, varied supportiveness brokering work. Overall, was evidence alignment across individual, job, characteristics, signaling an opportunity better define support those