Comparing the leadership styles of functional and project managers

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 198-216

  Rodney Turner, J ^a,b   Müller, Ralf ^c,d   Dulewicz, Vic ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b Lille School of Management   (France)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotional intelligence; Leadership; Project management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952585625     PISSN: 17538378     EISSN: 17538386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538370910949266     Document Type: Article

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