Using synthetic learning environments to train teams

Work Group Learning: Understanding, Improving and Assessing How Groups Learn in Organizations

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 315-346

  Cannon Bowers, Janis A ^a   Bowers, Clint A ^a   Sanchez, Alicia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 70349460017     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203809747     Document Type: Chapter

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