For engineers, asking for help at work is influenced by gender
- Written by Cristina Poleacovschi, Assistant Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Iowa State University
Female engineers were more likely to ask for help from their female than male colleagues.alvarez/E+ via Getty ImagesThe Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
In a study published in the Journal of Management in Engineering, we analyzed whether knowledge accessibility – defined as the time and effort that...
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