Why do we play the games? Exploring institutional and political motivations

Education and Training

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 460-475

  Bardon, Thibaut ^a,b   Josserand, Emmanuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Digital communication systems; Learning; Organizational behaviour; Teaching methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349646244     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910910987255     Document Type: Article

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