Top management involvement in project management: Exclusive support practices for different project scenarios

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 387-403

  Zwikael, Ofer ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Critical success factors; Decision support systems; Project management; Senior management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84951917903     PISSN: 17538378     EISSN: 17538386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538370810883837     Document Type: Article

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