Virtual groups in a cost accounting course: Group dynamics, outcomes, and participant satisfaction

Advances in Accounting Education: Teaching and Curriculum Innovations

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages 153-170

  Chen, Clement C ^a   Jones, Keith T ^b   Moreland, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FLINT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA   (United States)

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EID: 84897586257     PISSN: 10854622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1085-4622(2010)0000011010     Document Type: Article

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