Practical-participatory evaluation is often considered an effective approach to enhancing evaluation use. Despite this generally positive connotation, potential negative effects of participatory evaluation have also been discussed in the literature but never empirically investigated before. Drawing upon the social–psychological procedural justice literature, we assumed that stakeholders’ perceptions about the justice of an evaluation might explain possible negative effects of participatory evaluation on evaluation use. Negative effects of participatory evaluation on instrumental and conceptual use were explored in two experiments (Study 1: N = 85; Study 2: N = 78). The results show that negative effects of participation on evaluation use are mediated by stakeholders’ justice perceptions. Implications of the present research include considering stakeholders’ socioemotional needs, negotiation, and transparency when conducting participatory evaluation.

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“你会觉得自己被听到了，但最终你会意识到事情会以不同的方式做，并且对他人有利”：参与评估的负面影响的实验研究

实践参与式评价通常被认为是加强评价使用的有效方法。尽管有这种普遍的积极意义，参与式评估的潜在负面影响也在文献中讨论过，但以前从未进行过实证研究。借鉴社会心理程序正义文献，我们假设利益相关者对评估正义的看法可能解释了参与式评估对评估使用可能产生的负面影响。在两个实验中探讨了参与式评估对工具和概念使用的负面影响（研究 1：N = 85；研究 2：N = 78）。结果表明，参与对评价使用的负面影响是由利益相关者的正义感知来调节的。