The impact of a training programme designed to target the emotional intelligence abilities of project managers

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 461-468

  Clarke, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotional Intelligence; Training

Indexed keywords

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; POSITIVE EFFECTS; PROJECT MANAGERS; TEST RESEARCH; TRAINING PROGRAMMES;

MANAGERS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; TRAINING;

EID: 77952583165     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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