The meeting genre across cultures: Insights from three German-American collaborations

Small Group Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 159-185

  Köhler, Tine ^a   Cramton, Catherine Durnell ^b   Hinds, Pamela J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

meetings; norms; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857723039     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: 15528278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496411429600     Document Type: Article

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