Did she jump or was she pushed? A study of women's retention in the engineering workforce

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 18, Issue 4 SPEC., 2002, Pages 415-421

  Roberts, Pam ^a   Ayre, Mary ^a  

^a Engineers Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING WORKFORCE;

EMPLOYMENT; ENGINEERS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 0036430195     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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