Information technology project management within public sector organizations

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 587-594

  Rosacker, Kirsten M ^a   Rosacker, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Government; Project management; Public sector organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957297902     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410391011083047     Document Type: Article

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