The Titanic sunk, so what? Project manager response to unexpected events

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 547-558

  Geraldi, Joana G ^a   Lee Kelley, Liz ^a   Kutsch, Elmar ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Organisational response; Perceived success; Project management; Unexpected events

Indexed keywords

GROUP LEVEL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP; ORGANISATIONAL LEVEL; PERCEIVED SUCCESS; PROGRAMME MANAGER; PROJECT MANAGERS; UNEXPECTED EVENTS;

MANAGERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

PERCEPTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953333670     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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