Project manager-project (PM-P) fit and project success

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 268-291

  Malach Pines, Ayala ^a   Dvir, Dov ^a   Sadeh, Arik ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HOLON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Managers; Personality; Project management

Indexed keywords

EID: 59349105430     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570910938998     Document Type: Article

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