Similarity effects in online training: Effects with computerized trainer agents

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1201-1206

  Behrend, Tara S ^a   Thompson, Lori Foster ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; E learning; Intelligent agents; Similarity attraction; Social categorization; Web based training

Indexed keywords

AGENT BASED; DECLARATIVE KNOWLEDGE; DEEP LEVEL; DIVERSITY; E-LEARNERS; OBJECTIVE FEEDBACK; ONLINE TRAINING; SIMILARITY-ATTRACTION; SOCIAL CATEGORIZATION; SUBJECTIVE FEEDBACK; WEB BASED TRAINING;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 79952189557     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.12.016     Document Type: Article

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