What’s the narrative for practice? A review of recommendations on feedback and a guide to writing impactful practical implications

Research on supervisory feedback has burgeoned over the past twenty years. We ask, what does it have to offer to management practitioners, and is this knowledge conveyed in a constructive way? To answer these questions, we conducted a systematic literature review of the practical implicationscontained in feedback studies. Based on our retained articles (N=120) and using the W-H questions as our guiding framework, we critically discuss: Whyrecommendations are offered, Whatrecommendations are endorsed, Whenand Wherethe recommendations are presented as most applicable, to Whomthose are addressed, and Howthey are framed by researchers. In so doing, we summarize the indicationsthat scientific research has offered to practitioners; moreover, following the same framework and the insights collected via a follow-up survey of academics (N=61), we provide recommendations to researchers across the management and psychology disciplineson how to craft their practical implications sections in a way that may help bridge the gap between research and practice. Keywords: Feedback, systematic review, practical implications, evidence-based management.