The Impact of Involvement on Performance in Business Simulations: An Examination of Goosen's “Know Little” Decision-Making Thesis

Journal of Education for Business

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 69-74

  Wolfe, Joseph ^a   Luethge, Denise J ^b  

^a Experiential Adventures LLC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FLINT   (United States)

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EID: 60849136377     PISSN: 08832323     EISSN: 19403356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08832320309599091     Document Type: Article

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