Managing Conflict Constructively in Program Evaluation

Evaluation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 415-427

  Stevahn, Laurie ^a   King, Jean A ^b,b  

^a SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

conflict resolution; evaluator skills; integrative negotiation; participatory evaluation; situational analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 30444447250     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356389005059384     Document Type: Article

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