The vignette in a scenario-based role-playing experiment

Journal of Supply Chain Management

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 9-16

  Rungtusanatham, M ^a   Wallin, Cynthia ^b   Eckerd, Stephanie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Research methods; Scenario based role playing experiment; Vignette design

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960497654     PISSN: 15232409     EISSN: 1745493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-493X.2011.03232.x     Document Type: Article

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