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Hansmann, Ralf; Crott, Helmut W.; Mieg, Harald A.; Scholz, Roland W. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2009
Purpose: Deficient group processes such as conformity pressure can lead to inadequate group decisions with negative social, economic, or environmental consequences. The study aims to investigate how a group technique (called INFO) improves students' handling of conformity pressure and their collective judgments in the context of a…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Questionnaires, Social Behavior, Group Dynamics
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Scholz, Roland W.; Lang, Daniel J.; Wiek, Arnim; Walter, Alexander I.; Stauffacher, Michael – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2006
Purpose: This paper aims at presenting the theoretical concepts of the transdisciplinary case study approach (TCS), which is a research and teaching approach developed and elaborated at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), as a means of transition support. Design/methodology/approach: The paper reveals the historical roots of case…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Case Studies, Sustainable Development, Epistemology