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Early Career Faculty Transitions: Negotiating Legitimacy and Seeking Support in Engineering Education

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|Feb 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21061/see.52 | Journal eISSN: 2690-5450
Language: English
Page range: 97 - 118
Submitted on: Jul 16, 2020
Accepted on: Dec 8, 2020
Published on: Feb 11, 2021
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