Internal participatory evaluation as an organizational learning system: A longitudinal case study

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-22

  Robinson, Tim T ^a   Cousins, J Bradley ^b  

^a Canada Post Corporation   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 2442603600     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-491X(04)90001-6     Document Type: Article

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