Remembering John Mayne—A Practical Thinker and a Thinking Practitioner

Authors

  • Steffen Bohni Nielsen National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Sebastian Lemire Abt Associates, Rockville, Maryland
  • Steve Montague Performance Management Network Inc., Ottawa, Ontario

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3138/cjpe.75515

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2023-03-17

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Bohni Nielsen, S., Lemire, S., & Montague, S. (2023). Remembering John Mayne—A Practical Thinker and a Thinking Practitioner. Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, 37(3), 297–305. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjpe.75515

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