Behavioral competencies of highly regarded systems engineers at NASA

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Derro, Mary Ellen ^a   Williams, Christine R ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIEF ENGINEERS; ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP; FUTURE MISSION; HUMAN RESOURCES; MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATORS; ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR; PERSONALITY TYPES; SKILLED SYSTEM; SPACE SYSTEM; SYSTEMS ENGINEERS; SYSTEMS THINKING; TEAM MEMBERS;

COMMUNICATION; ENGINEERS; HEALTH RISKS; NASA; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

ENGINEERING;

EID: 70349154665     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2009.4839712     Document Type: Conference Paper

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