Assessing leader behaviors in project managers

Management Research News

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-11

  Jacques, Paul H ^a   Garger, John ^b   Thomas, Michael ^b  

^a Western Carolina University   (United Kingdom)

^b Metronome Computer Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Business performance; Coal mining; Human resource management; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955164064     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409170810845912     Document Type: Article

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