The impact of Puritan ideology on aspects of project management

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-20

  Whitty, Stephen Jonathan ^a   Schulz, Mark Frederick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Doctrinal supremacy; History of project management; Managerialism; Memetic; Protestant work ethic; Puritan ideology; Religion; Scientific management; Spirit of project management

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

DOCTRINAL SUPREMACY; MEMETIC; PROTESTANT WORK ETHIC; PURITAN IDEOLOGY; RELIGION; SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CAPITALISM; IDEOLOGY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RELIGION;

EID: 33845636544     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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