Stakeholder participation and evaluation use have attracted a lot of attention from
practitioners, theorists and researchers. A common hypothesis is that participation is …

Background: Stakeholder participation is an important trend in the field of program
evaluation. Although a few measurement instruments have been proposed, they either have …

Evaluators widely agree that stakeholder involvement is a central aspect of effective
program evaluation. With the exception of articles on collaborative evaluation approaches …

The current trend in evaluation research is to include stakeholders in the evaluation process.
Central to this trend is the belief that stakeholder involvement empowers the stakeholders …

Field data from two case study evaluations are used to describe a set of dynamic linkages
between stakeholder participation and utilization in program evaluation. Key elements of the …

As the number of large federal programs increases, so, too, does the need for a more
complete understanding of how to conduct evaluations of such complex programs. The …

Stakeholder engagement is an emerging field with little evidence to inform best practices.
Guidelines are needed to improve the quality of research on stakeholder engagement …

This chapter focuses on the processes of analyzing and engaging stakeholders. In doing so,
it helps to identify who the key stakeholders are and clarify the purposes and goals of the …

This paper synthesizes the existing literature on stakeholder involvement in program
evaluation, drawing a basic distinction between deep involvement of a few versus less …

While participatory evaluation (PE) constitutes an important trend in the field of evaluation,
its ontology has not been systematically analyzed. As a result, the concept of PE is …