Technical coordination in engineering practice

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 191-204

  Trevelyan, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coordination; Engineering practice; Informal leadership

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENGINEERS; GROUP TECHNOLOGY; STUDENTS; SURVEYS;

ENGINEERING PRACTICE; ETHNOGRAPHIC; INFORMAL LEADERSHIP; TECHNICAL COORDINATION;

TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

EID: 34547270273     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2007.tb00929.x     Document Type: Article

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