Virtual Team Meetings: Reflections on a Class Exercise Exploring Technology Choice

Journal of Management Education

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 777-801

  Bull Schaefer, Rebecca A ^a   Erskine, Laura ^b  

^a GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

classroom exercise; communication medium choices; student groups; technology choice; virtual team meetings; virtual teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869074623     PISSN: 10525629     EISSN: 15526658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1052562912436912     Document Type: Article

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