Towards developing competency-based measures for construction project managers: Should contextual behaviours be distinguished from task behaviours?

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 631-645

  Ahadzie, Divine Kwaku ^a   Proverbs, David Gavin ^a   Olomolaiye, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competency based measures; Construction project managers (CPMs); Contextual performance behaviours; Ghana; Mass house building projects (MHBPs); Task performance behaviours

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; MANAGERS;

COMPETENCY-BASED MEASURES; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGERS (CPMS); CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONTEXTUAL PERFORMANCE BEHAVIOURS; CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; FINE-GRAINED ANALYSIS; GHANA; HOMEBUILDERS; HOUSE BUILDING; IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING; MASS HOUSE BUILDING PROJECTS (MHBPS); PERFORMANCE MEASURES; PROJECT MANAGERS; REAL ESTATES; RESEARCH APPROACH; TASK MODELING; TASK PERFORMANCE BEHAVIOURS; TASK PERFORMANCES;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DEVELOPING WORLD; HOUSING PROJECT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 49549115790     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2007.09.011     Document Type: Article

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