Career and mentor satisfaction among Canadian engineers: Are there differences based on gender and company-specific undergraduate work experiences?

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-144

  Ingram, Sandra ^a   Bruning, Sue ^b   Mikawoz, Irene ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c Prairies Region Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council   (United States)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender; Mentorship; Undergraduate work experience

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ENGINEERS;

CAREER DEVELOPMENT; GENDER; INTERACTION EFFECT; MENTORSHIP; QUALITATIVE DATA; QUANTITATIVE DATA; WOMEN ENGINEERS; WORK EXPERIENCE;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

EID: 67249146916     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2009.tb01012.x     Document Type: Article

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