Do project managers practice what they preach, and does it matter to project success?

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 650-662

  Papke Shields, Karen E ^a   Beise, Catherine ^a   Quan, Jing ^a  

^a SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical research; Practice; Project management methods; Project success

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS OBJECTIVES; EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; MANAGING PROJECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT METHOD; PROJECT MANAGERS; PROJECT OUTCOMES; PROJECT SUCCESS;

RESEARCH;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77955517307     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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