Identifying critical leadership styles of project managers for green building projects

International Journal of Construction Management

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 150-160

  Zhao, Xianbo ^a   Hwang, Bon Gang ^b   Lee, Hong Ning ^c  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Ministry of Defence Government of Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

characteristics; green building; leadership; project manager; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953706599     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15623599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15623599.2015.1130602     Document Type: Article

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