Digging wider and deeper - revealing the hegemony and symbolic power of ‘project’ studies and practice

International Journal of Project Organisation and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-15

  Hallin, Anette ^a   Tina, Karrbom Gustavsson ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Flemingsberg From Brains to Business   (Sweden)

Author keywords

hegemony; project management research; project practice; symbolic power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896484608     PISSN: 17402891     EISSN: 17402905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPOM.2010.031879     Document Type: Article

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