The Influence of Project Managers on Project Success Criteria and Project Success by Type of Project

European Management Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 298-309

  Müller, Ralf ^a   Turner, Rodney ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Lille School of Management   (France)

Author keywords

Project management; Project manager; Project success; Project types; Success criteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547820692     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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