title: Taking stock of four decades of quantitative research on stakeholder participation and evaluation use: a systematic map.
abstract: Stakeholder participation and evaluation use have attracted a lot of attention from practitioners, theorists and researchers. A common hypothesis is that participation is positively associated with evaluation use. Whereas the number of empirical studies conducted on this topic is impressive, quantitative research has held a minority position within this scientific production. This study mobilizes systematic review methods to 'map' the empirical literature that has quantitatively studied participation and use. The goal is to take stock and assess the strength of evidence of this literature (but not to synthesize the findings) and, based on this assessment, to provide directions for future research.
authors.affiliation: Ministère de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale du Québec, and Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan Campus, Canada. Electronic address: pierre-marc.daigneault.1@ulaval.ca.
authors.forename: Pierre-Marc
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Daigneault
mesh_terms: D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*; D012107:Research Design
keywords: Collaborative inquiry; Evaluation influence; Evaluation use; Participatory evaluation; Research on evaluation; Scoping study; Stakeholder involvement; Stakeholder participation; Systematic review