Carbonetto, T. (2024, April), EARLY CAREER ENGINEERS’ PERSPECTIVES ON LEADERSHIP COMPETENCY DEVELOPMENT IN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION  Paper presented at ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference, George Washington University, District of Columbia. 10.18260/1-2--45715

\bibitem{asee_peer_45715}
  Carbonetto, T. (2024, April), \emph{EARLY CAREER ENGINEERS’ PERSPECTIVES ON LEADERSHIP COMPETENCY DEVELOPMENT IN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION}
  Paper presented at ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference, George Washington University, District of Columbia.
  10.18260/1-2--45715

Tracey Carbonetto.  "EARLY CAREER ENGINEERS’ PERSPECTIVES ON LEADERSHIP COMPETENCY DEVELOPMENT IN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION".  ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference, George Washington University, District of Columbia, 2024, April.  ASEE Conferences, 2024.  https://peer.asee.org/45715 Internet.  24 Apr, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_45715}
  Tracey Carbonetto.
  "EARLY CAREER ENGINEERS’ PERSPECTIVES ON LEADERSHIP COMPETENCY DEVELOPMENT IN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION".
  \emph{ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference, George Washington University, District of Columbia, 2024, April}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2024.
  https://peer.asee.org/45715 Internet.  24 Apr, 2025

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title = "EARLY CAREER ENGINEERS’ PERSPECTIVES ON LEADERSHIP COMPETENCY DEVELOPMENT IN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION"
booktitle = "ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference"
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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to investigate the perceptions of early career engineers regarding leadership competency development within the undergraduate engineering curricula. Participants were selected using purposeful, convenience, and snowball sampling. Study participants represented the early career engineering population, those five years or less removed from graduating with their engineering degrees. Perspectives on leadership competency development within the undergraduate engineering curricula were gathered through semi-structured interviews. Study participants (N=20), through their lived experiences, described expectations of leadership competency from their employers and their ability to meet these expectations. Their ability was related to preparedness resulting from their undergraduate engineering programs. Interview transcripts generated thematic analysis utilized in organizing, interpreting, and analyzing information. Findings showed challenges for early career engineers in meeting the expectations of their employers with regard to leadership competency. Engineers related these challenges to a lack of effective leadership competency training encountered within the undergraduate engineering curricula. Early career engineers made recommendations to educators on how to increase the effectiveness of leadership competency development. Future studies include researching the disconnect between the level of competence of engineering graduates and early career engineers related to inaccurate leadership assessment. 
AU  - Tracey Carbonetto
CY  - George Washington University, District of Columbia
DA  - 2024/04/19
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - EARLY CAREER ENGINEERS’ PERSPECTIVES ON LEADERSHIP COMPETENCY DEVELOPMENT IN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
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