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Culture and influence in multisite evaluation
Author(s) -
Kirkhart Karen E.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
new directions for evaluation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.374
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1534-875X
pISSN - 1097-6736
DOI - 10.1002/ev.356
Subject(s) - foundation (evidence) , context (archaeology) , sociology , evaluation methods , engineering ethics , program evaluation , epistemology , political science , public administration , history , law , archaeology , reliability engineering , engineering , philosophy
Understanding the influence of multisite evaluation requires careful consideration of cultural context. The author illustrates dimensions of influence and culture with excerpts from four National Science Foundation evaluation case studies and summarizes what influence teaches us about culture and what culture teaches us about influence. © Wiley Periodicals, Inc., and the American Evaluation Association.