Psychological adjustment and coping among construction project managers

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 129-140

  Haynes, Natasha S ^a   Love, Peter E D ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Anxiety; Coping; Depression; Project managers; Stress

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; PROJECT MANAGERS;

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 1842843002     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144619042000201330     Document Type: Article

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