Factors hindering the performance of construction project managers

Construction Innovation

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-51

  Powl, Andrew ^a   Skitmore, Martin ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hindrances; Performance; Project Managers; Project success

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249137236     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14714170510815168     Document Type: Article

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