Supportive culture for efficient project uncertainty management

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 240-256

  Terje Karlsen, Jan ^a  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Norway; Organizational culture; Project management; Risk management; Uncertainty management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874959524     PISSN: 17538378     EISSN: 17538386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538371111120225     Document Type: Article

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