Team management for fast projects: An empirical study of process industries

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 612-635

  Scott Young, Christina ^a   Samson, Danny ^b  

^a Penn State Erie   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capital projects; Leadership; Project management; Project teams; Team management

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650535693     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570910957582     Document Type: Article

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