A realistic test of transfer: Do novices in established groups represent problems similarly to experienced information systems professionals after group interaction?

Issues in Accounting Education

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-65

  Lehmann, Constance M ^a   Heagy, Cynthia D ^a   Willson, Victor L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ad hoc versus established groups; Knowledge transfer; Novice versus experienced

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961133193     PISSN: 07393172     EISSN: 15587983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/iace.2011.26.1.39     Document Type: Article

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