Project manager leadership role in improving project performance

EMJ - Engineering Management Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-22

  Anantatmula, Vittal S ^a  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interpretive structural modeling (ISM); Leadership; Project management (PM); Project performance; Project success; Projects

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

INTERPRETIVE STRUCTURAL MODELING; INTERPRETIVE STRUCTURAL MODELS; LEADERSHIP; PROJECT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PROJECT MANAGERS; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; PROJECT SUCCESS; PROJECTS FAIL; RESEARCH STUDIES;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77952154963     PISSN: 10429247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10429247.2010.11431849     Document Type: Article

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