| Session Title: Building Capacity for Cross-cultural Leadership Development Evaluation |
| Think Tank Session 824 to be held in Preston Room on Saturday, November 10, 1:50 PM to 3:20 PM |
| Sponsored by the Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building TIG and the Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation TIG |
| Presenter(s): |
| Kelly Hannum, Center for Creative Leadership, hannumk@leaders.ccl.org |
| Discussant(s): |
| Claire Reinelt, Leadership Learning Community, claire@leadershiplearning.org |
| Emily Hoole, Center for Creative Leadership, hoolee@leaders.ccl.org |
| Kelly Hannum, Center for Creative Leadership, hannumk@leaders.ccl.org |
| Abstract: We will focus on three areas important to building evaluation capacity with regard to cross-cultural evaluations of leadership development: 1) How is the role of an evaluator similar or different when working across cultures? What capacities do evaluators need to work effectively across different cultures? How can evaluators build their capacity and/or compensate for not having certain knowledge or skills? 2) What are key issues related to data collection? What are different expectations about stakeholder involvement? How can evaluators better understand possible risks associated with stakeholder involvement? What forms of data collection should be used? How can evaluators manage the logistics of language and distance? 3) What are key issues related to data analysis and interpretation? How can one detect measurement invariance with small samples? How can evaluators be sensitive to differences of meaning with regard to concepts of leadership? What are examples of process used to include stakeholders in the interpretation of data? |