Cultural flexibility in ICT projects: A new perspective on managing diversity in project teams

Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 115-122

  Böhm, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Culture; Diversity; Effective project teams; ICT projects; Project management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887439466     PISSN: 09722696     EISSN: 09740198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40171-013-0037-6     Document Type: Article

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