The impact of value diversity on information system development projects

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 731-739

  Liang, Ting Peng ^a   Wu, Jason Chia Hsien ^a   Jiang, James J ^b   Klein, Gary ^c  

^a National Sun Yat Sen University   (Taiwan)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Project management; Project teams; Software development projects; Value diversity

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT; DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS; EMPIRICAL TEST; INFORMATION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; KNOWLEDGE DIVERSITY; PROJECT MANAGERS; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; PROJECT SUCCESS; PROJECT TEAM; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; VALUE DIVERSITY;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84862655946     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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