Project managers and career models: An exploratory comparative study

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 889-902

  Bredin, Karin ^a   Söderlund, Jonas ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Career; Career model; Project manager

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRY; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS;

CAREER; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; NUMBER OF FACTORS; PROJECT MANAGERS; PROJECT-BASED; TALENT MANAGEMENT;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; LEADERSHIP; MODELING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84878709245     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2012.11.010     Document Type: Article

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