Influence of culture on project practices: Insights from Australian project managers in UAE

Education, Business and Society: Contemporary Middle Eastern Issues

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 277-288

  Cerimagic, Sabina ^a  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Leadership; Project management; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861082156     PISSN: 17537983     EISSN: 17537991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17537981011089578     Document Type: Article

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