Negotiated project engagements: Learning from experience

Human Relations

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1509-1542

  Friend, John ^a   Bryant, Don ^b   Cunninghain, Bart ^c   Luckman, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b Redhill Counselling Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Action research; Negotiation; Operational research; Project management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040707409     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001872679805101206     Document Type: Article

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