Projected sustainability of innovative social programs

Evaluation Review

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-205

  Savaya, Riki ^a   Elsworth, Gerald ^b   Rogers, Patricia ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forms of sustainability; Predictors of sustainability; Program sustainability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS;

AUSTRALIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 62249221434     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: 15523926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X08322860     Document Type: Article

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