Thirty-four representatives of the Department for Education and Employment and other national organizations in the United Kingdom, researchers and educators in the fields of career education and guidance, and guidance practitioners from careers service companies and higher education institutions explored ways of developing a research culture in career education and guidance. The discussions focused on the following six themes: (1) understanding what research involves; (2) establishing a research culture; (3) promoting theory and research in initial and post-experience training; (4) providing incentives for careers service companies and others involved in career education and guidance to engage in research; (5) building networks in the career education and guidance sector to connect research with practice; and (6) improving dissemination of research results. Seventeen recommendations for providing rewards and resources to encourage research in career education and guidance were identified. Among the recommendations were the following: (1) central government departments should amend their planning guidance for career service companies so that research time is written into corporate and business plans; (2) careers service companies should make extent of critical enquiry and interest part of staff development reviews; (3) line managers should encourage ideas for research from practitioners; and (4) individuals' research should be publicly recognized. (MN)