Evaluating Organizational Collaborations: Suggested Entry Points and Strategies

American Journal of Evaluation

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 366-383

  Woodland, Rebecca H ^a   Hutton, Michael S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

collaboration assessment rubric; collaboration evaluation; collaboration theory; organizational collaboration; partnership evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864395466     PISSN: 10982140     EISSN: 15570878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098214012440028     Document Type: Review

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