Perceptions of construction professionals concerning important skills of effective project leaders

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 61-67

  Odusami, K T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Consultants; Contractors; Leadership; Managers; Project management

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTS; DECISION MAKING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SURVEYS;

CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS; CONTRACTORS; LEADERSHIP; PROJECT LEADERS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 14744293890     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0742-597X(2002)18:2(61)     Document Type: Article

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