Doing Engineering - The Career Attainment Mobility of Caucasian, Black, Asian American

Informationen zum Autor Joyce Tang is associate professor of sociology at Queens College, CUNY. Klappentext The first to systematically compare Caucasians, African Americans, and Asian Americans in engineering, this study of the career attainment and mobility of engineers in the United States tells how these three groups fare in the American engineering labor market and what they can look forward to in the future. Zusammenfassung The first to systematically compare Caucasians! African Americans! and Asian Americans in engineering! this study of the career attainment and mobility of engineers in the United States tells how these three groups fare in the American engineering labor market and what they can look forward to in the future. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 The Rise of the Engineering Profession Chapter 2 Trends in Participation and Profile of Engineers Chapter 3 Theoretical Approaches to Stratification in Engineering Chapter 4 Getting In: Engineers for Hire Chapter 5 Fitting In: Professional Identity and Commitment Chapter 6 Beyond Engineering: Crossing Over the Drawing Board Chapter 7 Track Switching and Back Tracking: The (Un)making of a Manager Chapter 8 Conclusion: The Future of Engineers in Engineering and Management

Product details

• Authors: Joyce Tang, Joyce (Assistant Professor of Sociology Tang
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.01.2000
• EAN: 9780847694655
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-9465-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General), United States of America, USA, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Sociology: work & labour, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Engineering: general, Sociology: work and labour, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General