Involving program stakeholders in reviews of evaluators' recommendations for program revisions

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 363-372

  Brandon, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation recommendation; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011006053     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7189(99)00030-0     Document Type: Article

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