Teams that work: Campus culture, engineer identity, and social interactions

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-37

  Tonso, Karen L ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Design engineering; Engineering ethics; Gender relations; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

PRODUCT DESIGN; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

DESIGN ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING ETHICS; GENDER RELATIONS; TEAMWORK;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 33646833420     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2006.tb00875.x     Document Type: Article

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