Exploring career stages of midcareer and older engineers - When managerial transition matters

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 82-93

  Yeh, Quey Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Career stage; Derailment; Engineering managers; Managerial transition

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

CAREER STAGE THEORY; MANAGERIAL TRANSITION;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 39849091209     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2007.906889     Document Type: Article

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