The role of the individualism-collectivism dimension in distance learning environments: An empirical study

Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Gaspay, Anastasia ^a   Legorreta, Leonardo ^a   Dardan, Shana ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATIONS; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES; CULTURAL DIFFERENCES; DISTANCE LEARNING; DISTANCE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; DISTRIBUTED KNOWLEDGE; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS; IT IMPACTS;

COMPETITION; DISTANCE EDUCATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

GROUP TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 63349092653     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2009.455     Document Type: Conference Paper

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