National identities in multinational worlds: Engineers and 'engineering cultures'

International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning

Volumn 15, Issue 3-6, 2005, Pages 252-260

  Downey, Gary Lee ^a,c,d   Lucena, Juan C ^b,c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^d Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural education; Engineering practice; Globalisation; International work; Multinational organisations

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS;

CROSS-CULTURAL EDUCATION; ENGINEERING PRACTICE; GLOBALIZATION; MUTLINATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 27944503564     PISSN: 15604624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijceell.2005.007714     Document Type: Article

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