Leadership competency profiles of successful project managers

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 437-448

  Müller, Ralf ^a   Turner, Rodney ^b  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b Lille School of Management   (France)

Author keywords

Competence; Emotional intelligence; Leadership; Profiles; Project management

Indexed keywords

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CATEGORIZATION OF PROJECTS; COMPETENCE; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; LEADERSHIP; LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT; PROFILES; TELECOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP;

MANAGERS;

LEADERSHIP; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

EID: 77952585743     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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