A power-based leadership approach to project management

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 497-507

  Liu, Anita M M ^a   Fang, Zhaoyang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Managerial behaviours; Motivation; Power; Project leadership

Indexed keywords

MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

POWER-BASED LEADERSHIP; PROJECT LEADERSHIP;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; LEADERSHIP; MODELING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33745073261     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190600567944     Document Type: Article

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