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Call for papers: Leading projects through time 论文征集：穿越时间的领导项目

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Project Leadership and Society Pub Date : 2025-10-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.plas.2025.100195

Dicle Kortantamer , Julie Delisle , Johan Alvehus

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Artificial intelligence tools for project management: A knowledge-based perspective 项目管理的人工智能工具：基于知识的视角

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Project Leadership and Society Pub Date : 2025-10-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.plas.2025.100196

Pedro M. Almeida , Gabriela Fernandes , José M.R.C.A. Santos

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Leadership succession and its impact on organizational resilience: A contingency perspective in engineering firms 领导继承及其对组织弹性的影响：工程公司的权变视角

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Project Leadership and Society Pub Date : 2025-09-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.plas.2025.100192

Novia Hafnidah , Aurik Gustomo , Eko Agus Prasetio , Abdurrahman Abdurrahman

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Rethinking the project life cycle – how circularity challenges processes, roles and governance 重新思考项目生命周期——循环如何挑战流程、角色和治理

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Project Leadership and Society Pub Date : 2025-09-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.plas.2025.100194

Sofia Lingegård , Susanna Hedborg

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Generative AI in project management: Impacts on corporate values, employee perceptions, and organizational practices 项目管理中的生成人工智能：对企业价值观、员工观念和组织实践的影响

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Project Leadership and Society Pub Date : 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.plas.2025.100191

Vartenie Aramali , Namho Cho , Falguni Pande , M.K.S. Al-Mhdawi , Udechukwu Ojiako , Abroon Qazi

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A new holistic framework for megaproject portfolio success 大型项目投资组合成功的全新整体框架

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Project Leadership and Society Pub Date : 2025-08-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.plas.2025.100190

Thomas Tepstad Berge, Bassam Hussein, Haavard Haaskjold

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Advancing project leadership education through AI-enhanced game-based learning 通过人工智能增强的基于游戏的学习推进项目领导力教育

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Project Leadership and Society Pub Date : 2025-07-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.plas.2025.100189

Matthew Daniels, Éamonn Kelly, Sandra Flynn, John Kelly

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Infrastructure project cost overrun and schedule delay in Ghana: Is it an issue of resource misallocation or financial constraints? 加纳基础设施项目成本超支和进度延误：这是资源分配不当还是财政限制的问题？

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Project Leadership and Society Pub Date : 2025-07-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.plas.2025.100188

Doe Precious

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Ambiguous regulations for dealing with AI in higher education can lead to moral hazards among students 在高等教育中处理人工智能的模糊规定可能会导致学生的道德风险

Project Leadership and Society Pub Date : 2025-07-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.plas.2025.100187

Michelle Smit , Reinhard F. Wagner , Taryn Jane Bond-Barnard

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Novel research methods in project studies 项目研究中的新研究方法

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Project Leadership and Society Pub Date : 2025-07-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.plas.2025.100186

Natalya Sergeeva , Johan Ninan

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