Comparison of men's and women's careers in U.K. construction industry

Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 110-115

  Dainty, A R J ^a,c   Neale, R H ^b   Bagilhole, B M ^b  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY PATTERNS; ORGANIZATIONAL MOBILITY PATTERNS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 0034230876     PISSN: 10523928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(2000)126:3(110)     Document Type: Article

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