Collaborative academic/practitioner research in project management: Theory and models

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-32

  Walker, Derek H T ^a   Cicmil, Svetlana ^b   Thomas, Janice ^c   Anbari, Frank ^d   Bredillet, Christophe ^e  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SKEMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Knowledge transfer; Learning styles; Project management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958546118     PISSN: 17538378     EISSN: 17538386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538370810846397     Document Type: Review

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