A new paper published by University of Colorado researchers found that female engineers are more likely to ask questions to gain information, and they鈥檙e likely to ask those questions of other women.
While not surprising, the findings reflect a disadvantage for women when it comes to professional growth in the male-dominated field of engineering.
The paper鈥攑ublished in the听Journal of Management in Engineering听(JME) and co-authored by Professor Amy Javernick-Will, of construction engineering, and Tony Tong, of the Leeds School of Business鈥攄issected what role gender plays in knowledge accessibility amongst engineers.
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