@inproceedings{cbc43c3fa3004a49bee16977d2b2ffc2,
title = "A comparison of teamwork and innovation between industrial engineers and mechanical engineers",
abstract = "This paper presents contrasts of determinants of innovation within design teams between two engineering disciplines - Industrial Engineering and Mechanical Engineering - based on a comprehensive survey of 308 engineering students belonging to 75 teams at an ABET accredited institution of higher learning. The results show that there is a statistically significant difference between the two disciplines in Rewards, Support for Innovation, Functional Diversity and Vision but no statistically significant difference in Innovation and other factors investigated. Industrial Engineers outperformed Mechanical Engineers across all factors except Learning, in which both cohorts had similar average perceived scores. These results provide a better understanding of the current state of engineering design education and indicate where interventions are required in order to better train and groom innovative engineers.",
keywords = "Design teams, Engineering education, Innovation",
author = "Asio, {Sarah M.} and Jennifer Cross",
note = "Copyright: Copyright 2016 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.; null ; Conference date: 30-05-2015 Through 02-06-2015",
year = "2015",
language = "English",
series = "IIE Annual Conference and Expo 2015",
publisher = "Institute of Industrial Engineers",
pages = "1585--1590",
booktitle = "IIE Annual Conference and Expo 2015",
}