摘要：This paper continues to develop our on-‐going research project around the impact of undertaking a professional doctorate (PD). It explores the connection between the professional doctorate and the workplace from the student perspective and considers the strategy, skills and processes professional doctorate practitioners use as they strive to transfer their research outcomes and contribute to their organisation practice. We use as a metaphor the notion of symbiosis to explore knowledge transfer between doctoral study and work place setting and ask whether there is a ‘symbiotic relationship’ between the doctoral student and their workplace practice. The focus of the paper is upon how knowledge and skills are (or are not) transferred back and utilised in practice. Data was collected using a range of case studies and narrative stories from students willing to engage in personal reflection alongside telephone and face-‐to-‐face interviews and analysis of students’ doctoral dissertations.
