| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | Betterment, undermining, support and distortion : a heuristic model for the analysis of pressure on evaluators |
| Authors: | Pleger, Lyn Ellen Sager, Fritz |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.09.002 |
| Published in: | Evaluation and Program Planning |
| Volume(Issue): | 69 |
| Page(s): | 166 |
| Pages to: | 172 |
| Issue Date: | 2018 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0149-7189 1873-7870 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Evaluation; Evidence-based policymaking; Heuristic BUSD-model |
| Subject (DDC): | 658.4: Executive Management |
| Abstract: | Evaluations can only serve as a neutral evidence base for policy decision-making as long as they have not been altered along non-scientific criteria. Studies show that evaluators are repeatedly put under pressure to deliver results in line with given expectations. The study of pressure and influence to misrepresent findings is hence an important research strand for the development of evaluation praxis. A conceptual challenge in the area of evaluation ethics research is the fact that pressure can be not only negative, but also positive. We develop a heuristic model of influence on evaluations that does justice to this ambivalence of influence: the BUSD-model (betterment, undermining, support, distortion). The model is based on the distinction of two dimensions, namely 'explicitness of pressure' and 'direction of influence'. We demonstrate how the model can be applied to understand pressure and offer a practical tool to distinguish positive from negative influence in the form of three so-called differentiators (awareness, accordance, intention). The differentiators comprise a practical component by assisting evaluators who are confronted with influence. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/13321 |
| 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., & Sager, F. (2018). Betterment, undermining, support and distortion : a heuristic model for the analysis of pressure on evaluators. Evaluation and Program Planning, 69, 166–172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.09.002
Pleger, L.E. and Sager, F. (2018) ‘Betterment, undermining, support and distortion : a heuristic model for the analysis of pressure on evaluators’, Evaluation and Program Planning, 69, pp. 166–172. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.09.002.
L. E. Pleger and F. Sager, “Betterment, undermining, support and distortion : a heuristic model for the analysis of pressure on evaluators,” Evaluation and Program Planning, vol. 69, pp. 166–172, 2018, doi: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.09.002.
PLEGER, Lyn Ellen und Fritz SAGER, 2018. Betterment, undermining, support and distortion : a heuristic model for the analysis of pressure on evaluators. Evaluation and Program Planning. 2018. Bd. 69, S. 166–172. DOI 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.09.002
Pleger, Lyn Ellen, and Fritz Sager. 2018. “Betterment, Undermining, Support and Distortion : A Heuristic Model for the Analysis of Pressure on Evaluators.” Evaluation and Program Planning 69: 166–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.09.002.
Pleger, Lyn Ellen, and Fritz Sager. “Betterment, Undermining, Support and Distortion : A Heuristic Model for the Analysis of Pressure on Evaluators.” Evaluation and Program Planning, vol. 69, 2018, pp. 166–72, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.09.002.
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