Measuring program success

Project Management Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-49

  Shao, Jingting ^a   Müller, Ralf ^b,c   Turner, J Rodney ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LSMRC EA 4112   (France)

Author keywords

measurement construct; program context; program success; success school

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856082205     PISSN: 87569728     EISSN: 19389507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pmj.20286     Document Type: Article

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