Contracting for independent evaluation: Approaches to an inherent tension

Evaluation Review

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 299-333

  Klerman, Jacob Alex ^a  

^a ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Independence; Professional ethics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTRACT; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; PEER REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CONTRACTS; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PEER REVIEW; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955048328     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: 15523926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X10370088     Document Type: Article

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