Ethics, trust, and governance in temporary organizations

Project Management Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 39-54

  Müller, Ralf ^a   Turner, Rodney ^b,d,e   Andersen, Erling S ^a   Shao, Jingting ^c   Kvalnes, Øyvind ^a  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b LSMRC EA 4112   (France)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ethical issues; ethics; governance of projects; project governance; trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904413691     PISSN: 87569728     EISSN: 19389507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pmj.21432     Document Type: Article

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