Leadership in projects: What we know from the literature and new insights

Team Performance Management: An International Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 128-148

  Clarke, Nicholas ^a,a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leadership; Project; Project management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862491942     PISSN: 13527592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527591211241042     Document Type: Article

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