Conceptual determinants of construction project management competence: A Chinese perspective

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 655-664

  Chen, Ping ^a   Partington, David ^b   Wang, Jia Ning ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Competence; Conceptions; Phenomenography

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; PLANNING; STANDARDIZATION; STANDARDS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CERTIFICATION PROGRAMMES; CHINA; CHINESE CONTEXT; COMPETENCE; CONCEPTIONS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; MANAGEMENT RESEARCH; PHENOMENOGRAPHY; PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS; PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT COMPETENCE; PROJECT MANAGERS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TRAINING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 49349110159     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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