The spiritual identity of projects

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 504-513

  Sense, Andrew ^a   Fernando, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Connectedness; Management of projects; Project teams; Workplace spirituality

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL RESEARCH; CONNECTEDNESS; ORGANIZATIONAL LEVELS; PROJECT TEAM; PROJECT TEAMS; WORKPLACE SPIRITUALITY;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; LEADERSHIP; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79955970127     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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