Managing stakeholders for project management success: An emergent model of stakeholders

Journal of General Management

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-80

  Assudani, Rashmi ^a   Kloppenborg, Timothy J ^a  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77955832343     PISSN: 03063070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030630701003500305     Document Type: Article

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