STRANGE CONCEPTUAL BEDFELLOWS: ASSESSING GROUNDED THEORY FOR EFFECTIVE VIRTUAL STUDENT TEAM PROJECT DELIVERY VIA KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT, QUALITATIVE RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT THEORY

摘要

This case study tests the efficacy of a grounded theoretical model and related best practices developed to assist onlineinstructors in facilitating virtual student team projects. The lived experience of two successful project teams comprisedof seven students charged with delivering a term paper was analyzed to confirm the validity of the theoretical model.The findings exhibit commonality with previous findings in the knowledge management, qualitative research andmanagement theory literature and reinforce and extend the findings of a previous case study focused on the livedexperience of an unsuccessful project team.