Playing projects: Identifying flow in the 'lived experience'

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1008-1021

  van der Hoorn, Bronte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Managing projects; Theory of research into project management

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION;

FLOW THEORIES; MANAGING PROJECTS; PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE; PROJECT LIFECYCLE; PROJECT MANAGING; RESEARCH METHODS; RESEARCH STUDIES;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

PERCEPTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH METHOD; THEORY;

EID: 84929515942     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2015.01.009     Document Type: Article

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