Team cohesion, player attitude, and performance expectations in simulation

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-40

  Wellington, William J ^a   Faria, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitude; Cohesion; Decision making; Expectations; Outcomes; Performance; Simulations gaming

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005068526     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: 1552826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878196271002     Document Type: Article

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