The Meaning Assigned to Evaluation by Project Staff: Analysis from the Project-management Perspective in the Field of Social Welfare and Healthcare in Finland

Evaluation

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 430-439

  Seppänen Järvelä, Riitta ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

development work; internal research; professional organization; project; project management

Indexed keywords

EID: 49849097954     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: 14617153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356389004050285     Document Type: Article

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