Approaches to project management in Africa: Implications for international development projects

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 309-319

  Muriithi, Ndiritu ^a   Crawford, Lynn ^b  

^a The Africa Project DevmtFacil   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross cultural project management

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STANDARDS;

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; WESTERN WORLD;

AFRICA;

EID: 0037706727     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-7863(02)00048-0     Document Type: Article

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