Anderson (2007) argued that the perfectly natural divide be tween academics and practitioners is not necessarily harmful as long as sufficient bridging mechanisms exist. Survey results re ported in D. L. Shapiro et al. (2007) suggested two boundary spanning activities that might help narrow that divide. First, offer sabbaticals for academics in business practice, either as translators of research results or as researchers on a set of practitioner oriented research issues. In the United Kingdom, for example, the Economic and Social Research Council systematically commissions journalists and other informed non academics to write ac counts of research for policymakers and practitioners more generally (Wall, 2006). Second, offer more practitioner sabbaticals as executive sinresidence at universities or as fellows at research institutes in which they help shape and participate in research programs.