Student perceptions of their educational and skill needs in the workplace

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 576-580

  Moroney, William F ^a   Rantanen, Esa M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED RESEARCH; COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES; COMMUNICATION SKILLS; EDUCATION AND TRAINING; GRADUATE EDUCATION; HUMAN FACTORS AND ERGONOMICS; REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT; SOCIAL NETWORKS; STUDENT PERCEPTIONS; TEAM MEMBERS;

ERGONOMICS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SURVEYS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84873476239     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/1071181312561120     Document Type: Conference Paper

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