A woman engineer's experiences of working on British construction sites

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 18, Issue 4 SPEC., 2002, Pages 422-429

  Bagilhole, Barbara M ^a   Dainty, Andrew R J ^a   Neale, Richard H ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (HRM);

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ENGINEERS;

EID: 0036430174     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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