Managing the intangible aspects of a project: The affect of vision, artifacts, and leader values on project spirit and success in technology-driven projects

Project Management Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-58

  Aronson, Zvi H ^a   Shenhar, Aaron J ^b   Patanakul, Peerasit ^c  

^a STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BEHREND COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

contextual performance behavior; culture; project based work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872708736     PISSN: 87569728     EISSN: 19389507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pmj.21322     Document Type: Article

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