Evaluation and the information needs of organizational leaders

American Journal of Evaluation

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 355-365

  Owen, John M ^a   Lambert, Faye C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b St Paul's School   (Australia)

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EID: 0032162273     PISSN: 10982140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109821409801900307     Document Type: Article

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