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The engineers and the social system
Robert Perrucci,Joel E. Gerstl +1 more
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The article was published on 1969-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 48 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social system.read more
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Using successful graduates to improve the quality of undergraduate engineering programmes
G. Scott,K. W. Yates +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a study of engineering graduates identified as high performers by their work supervisors was carried out to identify the capabilities that were seen to be most important for successful engineering practice during the first few years after graduation and evaluate the extent to which universities were typically developing these capabilities.
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Military Rank Attainment of a West Point Class: Effects of Cadets' Physical Features'
TL;DR: This paper found a substantial correlation between facial appearance and military rank while at West Point, as well as several weaker relationships, and found that dominant looking men advance to higher ranks in the military hierarchy than submissive looking men.
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What is a professional service? A conceptual review and bi‐national investigation
Mrugank V. Thakor,Anand Kumar +1 more
TL;DR: This study uses a US and a Canadian sample to survey consumer perceptions of the profession to help researchers to judge whether results obtained with respect to one service should be expected to extend to other services and to ensure that services picked for inclusion in future studies are truly those likely to be perceived as professional.
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Education and Occupational Sex Segregation: The Decision to Major in Engineeringxs
TL;DR: The authors found that occupational sex segregation is estimated to account for a substantial portion of the sex gap in pay for full-time, year-round workers (England 1992) and that women's representation in many former...
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Professional identity in institutions of higher learning in Israel
Michael Moore,John E. Hofman +1 more
TL;DR: The authors found that a strong professional identity coexists with a pronounced critical stance, consistent with Herzberg's two-factor theory of work motivation that views higher-order "motivators" such as the professional identity here assessed, as relatively independent of lower-order “hygiene” needs.