Best before forty: The shelf life of an engineer

EMJ - Engineering Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-26

  Kennedy, Donald A ^a  

^a Bucyrus Canada Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attrition; Career; Experience; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

MANAGERS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

ATTRITION; ATTRITION RATE; CAREER; ENGINEERING GRADUATES; EXPERIENCE; EXPERIENCED PEOPLE; KNOWLEDGE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; SHELF LIFE; TACIT KNOWLEDGE;

ENGINEERS;

EID: 65349170893     PISSN: 10429247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10429247.2009.11431794     Document Type: Article

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