Knowledge utilization: Implications for evaluation

New Directions for Evaluation

Volumn 2009, Issue 124, 2009, Pages 21-34

  Blake, Sarah C ^a   Ottoson, Judith M ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85040495925     PISSN: 10976736     EISSN: 1534875X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ev.311     Document Type: Article

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