Leadership for future construction industry: Agenda for authentic leadership

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 620-630

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

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Authentic leadership development; Challenges; Construction industry; Project management

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH;

AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT; BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS; CHALLENGES; CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CURRENT PERCEPTION; HIGH POTENTIAL; LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT; MODERN TIMES; PROJECT LEADERS; PROJECT MANAGERS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLOBALIZATION; LEADERSHIP; PERCEPTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 49349103535     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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