Leadership styles in information technology projects

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 235-241

  Thite, Mohan ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical success factors; IT project leadership; Technical leadership; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP; TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIPS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033889544     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-7863(99)00021-6     Document Type: Article

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