Relevant but exaggerated: The effects of emotional intelligence on project manager performance in construction

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 575-583

  Lindebaum, Dirk ^a   Jordan, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

construction; Emotional intelligence; performance; project managers

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE TASK; CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGERS; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE DIMENSIONS; PROJECT MANAGERS; SURVEY DESIGN; UK CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; WORK PERFORMANCE;

CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; MANAGERS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HUMAN RESOURCE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84864576773     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2011.593184     Document Type: Article

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