Managing a Group of Multiple Projects: Do Culture and Leader's Competencies Matter?

Journal of the Knowledge Economy

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 217-232

  Patanakul, Peerasit ^a   Aronson, Zvi H ^b  

^a BEHREND COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competency; Group oriented organizational culture; Multiple project management; Project success; Team culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873169891     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18687873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13132-012-0094-7     Document Type: Article

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