Translating Evaluation Policy Into Practice in Government Organizations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12470692 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Isabelle Bourgeois (0000-0002-2381-3093, University of Ottawa), Stéphanie Maltais (0000-0003-3752-0280, University of Ottawa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 353-373 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Evaluation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1098-2140 • E-ISSN: 1557-0878 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/10982140221079837 |
| PMID | 37719780 |
| OpenAlex | W4313466224 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 20 |
Organizational evaluation policies describe how evaluation practices should be structured and implemented. As such, they provide key insights into organizational priorities and values regarding evaluation. However, the link between evaluation policies and how evaluation policies translate into concrete practices has seldom been explored until now. Our study examines the implementation of two Canadian federal government evaluation policies over a 10-year timespan, through the secondary analysis of reports produced on behalf of governmental evaluation functions. Our findings show that some policy elements have been fully implemented, but the way in which these have been implemented varies between organizations. Further, we observed that the level of control of various organizational members responsible for implementing policy elements, as well as time, can influence implementation of certain policy requirements. We conclude by proposing further directions for research to examine the policy-practice link
Business · Computer security · Economics · Evaluation methods · Government (linguistics · Key (lock · Management science · Policy analysis · Political science · Process management · Program evaluation · Public policy · Public relations · Computer Science · Engineering · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Policy Transfer and Learning · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research
Implementation Perspectives
Evaluation policy to implementation
Conducting secondary analysis of qualitative data
Producing Evaluations in a Large Bureaucracy
Why Evaluation Theory Should Be Used to Inform Evaluation Policy
Understanding Evaluation Policy and Organizational Capacity for Evaluation
Evaluation Policy in a Nonprofit Foundation
Implementation Studies
Evaluating the evaluators
Research Design
Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches to Implementation Research
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |