Effectiveness of innovation leadership styles: A manager's influence on ecological innovation in construction projects

Construction Innovation

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 211-228

  Bossink, Bart A g ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Construction; Innovation; Leadership; Management; Projects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992947971     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14714170410815105     Document Type: Article

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