The Contribution of Evaluation to Socialization and Externalization of Tacit Knowledge: The Case of the World Bank

Evaluation

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 263-283

  Marra, Mita ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

development evaluation; externalization; organizational learning; participatory evaluation; socialization; tacit knowledge; World Bank

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845268528     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: 14617153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356389004048278     Document Type: Article

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