Biases in interpersonal communication: How engineering students perceive gender typical speech acts in teamwork

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-16

  Wolfe, Joanna ^a   Powell, Elizabeth ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication styles; Gender; Teamwork; Women in engineering

Indexed keywords

LINGUISTICS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SPEECH; STUDENTS; SURVEYS;

COMMUNICATION STYLES; GENDER; INTER-PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS; SPEECH PATTERNS; TEAM INTERACTION; TEAM SETTING; TEAMWORK; WOMEN IN ENGINEERING;

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EID: 59849114285     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2009.tb01001.x     Document Type: Article

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