Reconceptualizing evaluator roles

American Journal of Evaluation

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 275-295

  Skolits, Gary J ^a   Morrow, Jennifer Ann ^a   Burr, Erin Mehalic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluators; Practice; Research; Roles

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249148985     PISSN: 10982140     EISSN: 15570878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098214009338872     Document Type: Article

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