A way forward: Assessing the demonstrated leadership of graduate civil engineering and construction management students

Leadership and Management in Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 88-96

  Ellis, Leighton A ^a   Petersen, Andrew K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b MAINZ UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Civil engineering; Construction management; Curricula; Engineering education; Graduate study; Leadership; Students

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TOOL; BODY OF KNOWLEDGE; CIVIL ENGINEERS; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; GRADUATE STUDENTS; GRADUATE STUDY; INNOVATIVE ASSESSMENT; LEADERSHIP; LEARNING OUTCOME; TEAM PROJECTS; UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES; WASHINGTON; ZERO-TOLERANCE;

ACCREDITATION; CIVIL ENGINEERING; CURRICULA; EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TEACHING; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 79954568252     PISSN: 15326748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)LM.1943-5630.0000107     Document Type: Article

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