An overview of appreciative inquiry in evaluation

New Directions for Evaluation

Volumn 2003, Issue 100, 2003, Pages 5-22

  Coghlan, Anne T ^a   Preskill, Hallie ^b   Tzavaras Catsambas, Tessie ^c  

^a University of New Mexico ^*  (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c ENCOMPASS LLC   (United States)

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EID: 20144377311     PISSN: 10976736     EISSN: 1534875X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ev.96     Document Type: Article

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