Evaluation and/as social relation

Evaluation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Abma, Tineke A ^a   Widdershoven, Guy A M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Evaluator role; Knowledge; Normative dimensions; Social relations; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149111955     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: 14617153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356389007087540     Document Type: Conference Paper

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