The paradox of risk management; a project management practice perspective

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 230-247

  Besner, Claude ^a   Hobbs, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Practices; Project management; Risk management; Survey research; Tools; Uncertainty management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899792001     PISSN: 17538378     EISSN: 17538386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538371211214923     Document Type: Article

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