Ineffective leadership: Investigating the negative attributes of leaders and organizational neutralizers

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 254-272

  Toor, Shamas Ur Rehman ^a   Ogunlana, Stephen ^b  

^a Toor Concrete Group of Companies   (Pakistan)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Leadership; Organizational culture; Personality; Thailand

Indexed keywords

BANGKOK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; HIGHER MANAGEMENT; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURES; ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS; PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT; PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES; PERSONAL TRAITS; PERSONALITY; PLANNING AND CONTROL; PROJECT LEADERS; PROJECT MANAGERS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; RESEARCH OBJECTIVES; SENIOR MANAGERS; THAILAND;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MANAGERS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; RESEARCH; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SURVEYS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67649403301     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09699980910951663     Document Type: Article

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