Development of relationships and relationship competencies in complex projects

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 294-307

  Live Vaagaasar, Anne ^a  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Competences; Narratives; Project management; Stakeholder analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907983505     PISSN: 17538378     EISSN: 17538386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538371111120252     Document Type: Article

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