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The Field of Evaluation in India: The Current Situation, the Changing Opportunities, and Why Context Matters
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| Katherine Hay, International Development Research Centre, khay@idrc.org.in
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| Abstract:
Anecdotal evidence in India suggests a gradual decline in demand for development evaluation, weaknesses of public sector evaluation institutions, poor (and reducing) quality of evaluations, a trend towards line Ministry run evaluations (with arguably limited evaluation use and uptake), and an increase in private/civil society evaluation. Despite discussion of the declining state of evaluation in various fora, there is little (if any) documented evidence of the state of evaluation in India, or of the factors underlying the current situation. Drawing from roundtable discussions, focus groups, and commenting on initial results from surveys a meta-evaluation on evaluation quality and the available literature, this paper will synthesize and analyze key aspects of the supply and demand of development evaluation in India. The paper will look at issues of evaluation capacity, evaluation demand and supply, and evaluation quality. The paper is intended to inform the work of various State and non-State stakeholders currently involved in strengthening the field of evaluation in India.
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Employees' Performance Assessment Systems in the Middle East: Moving Beyond Western Logics
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| Antonio Giangreco, IESEG School of Management, a.giangreco@ieseg.fr
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| Andrea Carugati, Aarhus School of Business, andreac@asb.dk
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| Antonio Sebastiano, Università Carlo Cattaneo LIUC, asebastiano@liuc.it
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This paper critically examines the background conditions that define the success or failure of performance appraisal systems (PASs) valid in Western contexts to extend their use in the Middle-East (ME).
We present a view point based on a systematic literature review focused on the logics used to justify and to use PASs. We have analysed 52 articles which allow us to identify five guiding logics behind PAS.
Examining the logics behind PAS in the ME, this research uncovers key elements that determine the value of PAS and that are usually backstaged in favour of more operational issues. These elements allow us to pose key questions for future PAS research in the ME and more in general in non-Western contexts.
The main implication for practitioners intending to implement PAS in MEern contexts is that they should find their own motivation for doing it and be mindful of the contextual emergent usage logics.
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