Tipping points that inspire leadership: An exploratory study of emergent project leaders

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 212-229

  Toor, Shamas Ur Rehman ^a   Ofori, George ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Career development; Leadership development; Singapore; Skills; Team leaders

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TAXONOMIES;

CAREER DEVELOPMENT; LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT; TEAM LEADERS;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

EID: 43949105858     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09699980810867389     Document Type: Article

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