A collaborative immersio approach to evaluation capacity building

American Journal of Evaluation

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 358-368

  Huffman, Douglas ^a   Thomas, Kelli ^a   Lawrenz, Frances ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative immersion; Evaluation capacity building; Organizational processes; Professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 49849106232     PISSN: 10982140     EISSN: 15570878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098214008318798     Document Type: Article

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