A qualitative study of the early work experiences of recent graduates in engineering

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Korte, Russell ^a   Sheppard, Sheri ^b   Jordan, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENGINEERS; JOB SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ENGINEERING PROCESS; ENGINEERING WORKS; GLOBAL MANUFACTURING; HIGHER EDUCATION; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT; QUALITATIVE STUDY; RECENT GRADUATES;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

EID: 85029095774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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