| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | The big bad wolf’s view : the evaluation clients’ perspectives on independence of evaluations |
| Authors: | Pleger, Lyn Ellen Hadorn, Susanne |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1356389018796004 |
| Published in: | Evaluation |
| Volume(Issue): | 24 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Page(s): | 456 |
| Pages to: | 474 |
| Issue Date: | 2018 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Sage |
| ISSN: | 1356-3890 1461-7153 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Evaluation; Independence; Client; Pressure |
| Subject (DDC): | 300: Social sciences |
| Abstract: | The independence of evaluations has gained increasing attention in research. So far, research has mainly focused on evaluators’ experiences when confronted with pressure, leading to a restricted view of the complex context in which evaluations take place. Therefore, this article broadens the debate and follows the call by previous studies to pay attention to evaluation clients, which have been identified as the main influencing stakeholders within evaluation processes. The findings of an online survey among Swiss evaluation clients show that most clients have never been told by evaluators that they put the latter under pressure, even though previous studies found that half of the evaluators feel pressured. Nonetheless, clients frequently experience conflicts during evaluations that are often caused by a lack of a common understanding between evaluators and clients. Thus, we conclude that preventive measures are needed to increase the parties’ mutual comprehension, and ultimately, the quality of evaluation results. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/13335 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
| Departement: | School of Management and Law |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Public Management (IVM) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Management and Law |
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Pleger, L. E., & Hadorn, S. (2018). The big bad wolf’s view : the evaluation clients’ perspectives on independence of evaluations. Evaluation, 24(4), 456–474. https://doi.org/10.1177/1356389018796004
Pleger, L.E. and Hadorn, S. (2018) ‘The big bad wolf’s view : the evaluation clients’ perspectives on independence of evaluations’, Evaluation, 24(4), pp. 456–474. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/1356389018796004.
L. E. Pleger and S. Hadorn, “The big bad wolf’s view : the evaluation clients’ perspectives on independence of evaluations,” Evaluation, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 456–474, 2018, doi: 10.1177/1356389018796004.
PLEGER, Lyn Ellen und Susanne HADORN, 2018. The big bad wolf’s view : the evaluation clients’ perspectives on independence of evaluations. Evaluation. 2018. Bd. 24, Nr. 4, S. 456–474. DOI 10.1177/1356389018796004
Pleger, Lyn Ellen, and Susanne Hadorn. 2018. “The Big Bad Wolf’s View : The Evaluation Clients’ Perspectives on Independence of Evaluations.” Evaluation 24 (4): 456–74. https://doi.org/10.1177/1356389018796004.
Pleger, Lyn Ellen, and Susanne Hadorn. “The Big Bad Wolf’s View : The Evaluation Clients’ Perspectives on Independence of Evaluations.” Evaluation, vol. 24, no. 4, 2018, pp. 456–74, https://doi.org/10.1177/1356389018796004.
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