Studying and facilitating dialogue in select online management courses

Journal of Management Education

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 196-218

  Ivancevich, John M ^a,d   Gilbert, Jacqueline A ^b   Konopaske, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Active learning; Dialogue; Knowledge application use (KAU); Learning outcomes; Listening

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249120464     PISSN: 10525629     EISSN: 15526658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1052562908324141     Document Type: Article

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