A Heideggerian paradigm for project management: Breaking free of the disciplinary matrix and its Cartesian ontology

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 721-734

  van der Hoorn, Bronte ^a   Whitty, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heidegger; Managing projects; Theory of research into project management

Indexed keywords

CARTESIANS; HEIDEGGER; MANAGING PROJECTS; PROJECT MANAGING; THEORETICAL APPROACH;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84925260203     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2014.09.007     Document Type: Article

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