Contexts for Communication: Teaching Expertise Through Case-Based In-Basket Exercises

Journal of Education for Business

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 213-219

  Stearns, James M ^a   Ronald, Kate ^a   Greenlee, Timothy B ^a   Crespy, Charles T ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

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EID: 33750329798     PISSN: 08832323     EISSN: 19403356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08832320309598603     Document Type: Article

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