A principal component analysis of project management competencies for the Ghanaian construction industry

Australasian Journal of Construction Economics and Building

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-40

  Dogbegah, R ^a   Owusu Manu, D ^b   Omoteso, K ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Factor analysis project manager project management project control project planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858853340     PISSN: 18356354     EISSN: 18379133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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