A comparison of leadership roles in internal IT projects versus outsourcing projects

Industrial Management & Data Systems

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1137-1149

  Gottschalk, Petter ^a   Terje Karlsen, Jan ^a  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurs; Knowledge management; Leadership; Project management

Indexed keywords

ENTERPRENEURS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; LEADERSHIP;

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; MANAGERS; OUTSOURCING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 28744432852     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570510633220     Document Type: Article

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