Six decades of project management research: Thematic trends and future opportunities

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1305-1321

  Padalkar, Milind ^a   Gopinath, Saji ^b  

^a BENNETT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT KOZHIKODE   (India)

Author keywords

Literature review; Project Management; Research trends

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION;

DYNAMIC NATURE; LITERATURE REVIEWS; PARALLEL STREAMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT RESEARCH; RESEARCH TRENDS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THEORY BUILDING;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FUTURE PROSPECT; LITERATURE REVIEW; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84981715612     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2016.06.006     Document Type: Article

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