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Editorial: Project leadership in a changing world 社论：不断变化的世界中的项目领导力

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Project Leadership and Society Pub Date : 2026-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.plas.2025.100200

Jennifer Whyte , Mehdi Rajabi Asadabadi , Nader Naderpajouh

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Bridging boundaries: Antecedents and consequences of external relationship quality in project portfolios 桥接边界：项目组合中外部关系质量的前因后果

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Project Leadership and Society Pub Date : 2026-12-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.plas.2026.100215

Doreen Gehl, Alexander Kock

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Dark personality traits in project management: A bibliometric analysis and agenda for future research 项目管理中的黑暗人格特征：文献计量学分析和未来研究议程

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Project Leadership and Society Pub Date : 2026-12-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.plas.2026.100214

Udechukwu Ojiako , Malcolm Higgs , Khalid Khalfan Mohamed Al Naqbi , M.K.S. Al-Mhdawi , Maxwell Chipulu , Terry Williams , Taiwo Adedeji

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Understanding multilevel paradoxes in agile projects: between autonomy and control in self-managing teams 理解敏捷项目中的多层悖论：自我管理团队中的自治和控制之间的矛盾

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Project Leadership and Society Pub Date : 2026-12-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.plas.2026.100213

Sigrid Bjerre, Timo Leimbach

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Using websites and social media to support local community stakeholder attendance at project town hall meetings 利用网站和社交媒体支持当地社区利益相关者参加项目市政厅会议

Project Leadership and Society Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.plas.2024.100164

Anna Lund Jepsen , Pernille Eskerod , Kon Shing Kenneth Chung , Jingbo Zhang , Mauro Ortiz

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Cost estimation in major public projects’ front-end phase: An empirical study on how to improve current practices 重大公共项目前期成本估算：改进实践的实证研究

Project Leadership and Society Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.plas.2024.100171

Helene Berg , Anne Strand Alfredsen Larsen , Ole Jonny Klakegg , Morten Welde

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Hybrid project management: Scoping review 混合项目管理：范围审查

Project Leadership and Society Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-03-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.plas.2025.100182

Blanka Székely , Szilvia Erdeiné Késmárki-Gally , Zoltán Lakner

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Next practice in agile project management: Putting tailoring into agile transformation 敏捷项目管理的下一个实践：在敏捷转换中加入裁剪

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Project Leadership and Society Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.plas.2025.100207

Fangyuan Shen , Ian Stewart

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The future of learning: how artificial intelligence and other new technologies revolutionize project management education and foster Project Learning Intelligence 学习的未来：人工智能和其他新技术如何彻底改变项目管理教育并培养项目学习智能

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Project Leadership and Society Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.plas.2025.100199

Costanza Mariani , Kirsi Aaltonen , Helgi þor Ingason , Mauro Mancini , Martina Huemann

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AI as artificial ignorance 人工智能是人为的无知

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Project Leadership and Society Pub Date : 2025-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.plas.2025.100208

Bent Flyvbjerg

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