Shared leadership in projects: A matter of substance over style

Team Performance Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 196-209

  Clarke, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity; Complexity theory; Project management; Projects; Shared leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862494549     PISSN: 13527592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527591211241024     Document Type: Article

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