A competency-based performance model for construction project managers

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 877-886

  Dainty, Andrew R J ^a   Cheng, Mei I ^a   Moore, David R ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competency; Construction project managers; Management development; Performance; Predictive model

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MANAGERS; PERFORMANCE; PLANNING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCES; COMPETENCY-BASED SYSTEMS; TEAM DEPLOYMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 8644230864     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144619042000202726     Document Type: Article

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