Identifying key characteristics of technical project leadership

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 253-261

  Thite, Mohan ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Information technology; Leadership; Project management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986156434     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437739910287126     Document Type: Article

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