Understanding Evaluation Policy and Organizational Capacity for Evaluation
An Interview Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12470995 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hind Al Hudib (0000-0003-2514-1945, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada), J Bradley Cousins (0000-0002-0684-6766, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 234-254 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-15 |
| 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 | 10.1177/10982140211007573 |
| OpenAlex | W3183879452 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 42 |
Evaluation policy has been identified as an important means of shaping and influencing organizational evaluation practice, yet, to date, little empirical research has been conducted to deepen our understanding of this relationship. The purpose of this study was to illuminate evaluation policy’s role in leveraging organizational capacity to do and use evaluation. We interviewed 18 published evaluation scholars and practitioners from North America and Europe about this topic. A thematic analysis of findings underscores the importance of context, policy attributes, enablers, and organizational benefits. Based on the findings, we developed an ecological conceptual framework to guide thinking about the role of evaluation policy in capacity building. We discuss these findings in terms of practical implications of understanding context, redressing the imbalance between learning and accountability purposes of evaluation, and organizational leadership, and we conclude with some implications for research
Accountability · Capacity building · Conceptual framework · Context (archaeology · Economics · Knowledge management · Management science · Organizational learning · Organizational performance · Political science · Public relations · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Accounting and Organizational Management · Computer Science · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Psychology · Public Policy and Administration Research
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Evaluation Use and Factors Affecting Evaluation Use in the Context of the Brazilian Graduate Evaluation System
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Translating Evaluation Policy Into Practice in Government Organizations
Enhancing the Organizational Evaluation Capacity of NGOs
Exploring the Edges
Evaluation in the field of early childhood development
Development and Validation of the Organizational Evaluation Capacity Scale among Nongovernmental Organizations in Hong Kong
Interorganizational evaluation capacity building in the public, health and community sectors
Evaluation policies in philanthropic foundations
Thinking Outside the Self-Report
Delivering Results for Canadians
The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers
Toward a definition of the ECB process
Accountability Myopia
A Critical Exploration of Culture in International Development Evaluation
Measuring Evaluation Capacity in Ontario Public Health Units
Organizational Capacity To Do and Use Evaluation
Informing Evaluation Capacity Building Through Profiling Organizational Capacity for Evaluation
Measuring Organizational Evaluation Capacity in the Canadian Federal Government
A Professional Grounding and History of the Development and Formal Use of Evaluator Competencies
Exploring ways to reconcile accountability and learning in the evaluation of niche experiments
Reconsidering context
Evaluation Systems in Development Aid Agencies
Evaluating megaprojects
Evaluating aid
Evaluation Systems
Now for the Hard Stuff
A Research Synthesis of the Evaluation Capacity Building Literature
Measuring Evaluation Capacity—Results and Implications of a Danish Study
Understanding Dimensions of Organizational Evaluation Capacity
A Multidisciplinary Model of Evaluation Capacity Building
The Case for Participatory Evaluation in an Era of Accountability
Evaluation Policy in a Nonprofit Foundation
Bridging the Divide between Upward Accountability and Learning-Based Approaches to Development Evaluation
Managing through Measurement or Meaning? Lessons from Experience with New Zealand’s Public Sector Performance Management Systems
Capacity Development in Practice
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |