Great expectations and hard times: The paradoxical experience of the engineer as project manager

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 374-382

  Hodgson, Damian ^a   Paton, Steve ^b   Cicmil, Svetlana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Authority; Career; Engineers; Profession

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITY; CAREER; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; GROUP DISCUSSIONS; INDUSTRIAL SECTOR; LITTLE RESEARCH; MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS; PROFESSION; PROJECT MANAGERS; TECHNICAL SPECIALISTS;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; ENGINEERS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MANAGERS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79953282505     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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