{"title":"‘Show, don't tell!’ – Popular films for discussion of individual values in construction project management","authors":"Savitha Chilakamarri","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2023.100082","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plas.2023.100082","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The purpose of this study was to consider the possibility of using a transdisciplinary pedagogical intervention for sensitizing construction project management students about the forms of corruption in the construction industry and the importance of value-based decision-making. In this regard, this paper proposes a strategy using a popular film to examine the connections between a project manager's individual values and his/her value-based decision making during a construction project is proposed. For this purpose, this paper conceptualizes the phenomenon of corruption in the construction domain, formulates key criteria on the basis of which films can be selected for such discussion and proposes the theoretical lenses through which learning outcomes can be enabled at both the cognitive and affective levels of learning. The major observation of this paper is that proper frameworks which do not compromise on academic rigour must be designed while using such transdisciplinary learning interventions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100082"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49896812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rethinking public infrastructure megaproject performance: Theorizing alternative benefits, and the need for open science in project research","authors":"Sam McLeod","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2023.100080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plas.2023.100080","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Megaprojects to deliver public infrastructure are said to perform terribly, yet governments continue to initiate them. Though irrationality and biases may play some role, there may be other explanations for these decisions. By building on Hirschman's Hiding Hand and Flyvbjerg's concept of megaproject sublimes, and drawing upon institutional theory, this conceptual article advances the hypothesis that formal cost-benefit analysis is inherently bounded, and may fail to account for diffuse benefits that may support the commencement of public projects. Flyvbjerg's megaproject sublimes are used to construct a framework of such benefits, and proposed methods to test and substantiate them. This explanation challenges the orthodox view of megaproject performance, offers a solution to the megaproject paradox, and demonstrates the critical need for open data and open science practices in project research.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100080"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49884863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Identity formation and maintenance in a large hospital construction project","authors":"Emmanuel Nyameke, Harri Haapasalo","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2022.100058","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plas.2022.100058","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Earlier research has demonstrated that in a project organization, project identity is a central leadership vehicle that offers a useful means for examining and developing shared interests and goals among project participants. However, little research has focused on project identity formation and identity maintenance.</p><p>We focused on the case of a large hospital construction project and used a qualitative research method to create propositions describing the essential identity formation activities that the program management office (PMO), the project director, and together with the project management team need to intentionally undertake in the early phases of a hospital construction project and corresponding identity maintenance during the project implementation period.</p><p>The findings indicate that identity creation and formation is initiated from the first meetings at the project front end and naturally evolves, but significant intentional actions need to be organized and controlled at the front end. Identity maintenance as a deliberate managerial action should take place during project implementation to keep identity alive as a positive resource, not resulting in the identity fading away to something else.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"3 ","pages":"Article 100058"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666721522000187/pdfft?md5=9d158fbdc0927a8d2c791f29502e5f71&pid=1-s2.0-S2666721522000187-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85988507","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Digital tools for stakeholder participation in urban development projects","authors":"Sebastian Toukola, Tuomas Ahola","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2022.100053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plas.2022.100053","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Previous studies have paid scarce attention to engagement of various stakeholders in urban development projects. Therefore, this paper examines the possibilities of using digital tools to enhance stakeholder participation in urban development projects and how digital tools may be associated with value creation in the project planning phase. This qualitative case study builds on data we collected through 17 semistructured interviews and participation in four planning workshops in a middle-sized city in Finland. Our data analysis resulted in a categorisation consisting of six types of digital tools that can be used to engage stakeholders in urban development projects. Our results indicate that digital tools provide multiple opportunities for stakeholder participation and that each tool is associated with specific benefits and sacrifices that contribute to value creation. Furthermore, digital tools were found to positively influence project success and stakeholder satisfaction. Our study offers practical recommendations, especially regarding social media, for effectively integrating various stakeholders, including individual citizens and private actors, into urban development projects.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"3 ","pages":"Article 100053"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666721522000138/pdfft?md5=8fd99dc620a907a85e9453ff610c868e&pid=1-s2.0-S2666721522000138-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91636807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"It takes more than the project manager: The importance of senior management support for successful social sector projects","authors":"Riaz Ahmed , Simon P. Philbin","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2022.100042","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plas.2022.100042","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The successful completion of projects is a major challenge due to the lack of leadership competencies combined with inadequate support from senior management. In the case of the success of social sector projects, there is a research gap in the extant literature. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the moderating effect of multi-dimensional senior management support on the relationship between leadership competencies and the success of social sector projects. The study employed cross-sectional design and the stratified random sampling technique to collect survey data from 232 project managers and project directors of social sector projects in Pakistan. The findings reveal a significant impact of leadership competencies on the success of social sector projects. Furthermore, the findings demonstrate significant moderating effects of communication, power, expertise, and structural arrangements, while there is an insignificant moderating effect of providing resources on the relationship between leadership competencies and the success of social sector projects.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"3 ","pages":"Article 100042"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666721522000023/pdfft?md5=900a694d3228b92cce94cabe8959c986&pid=1-s2.0-S2666721522000023-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83060222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A cross-national comparison of the project governance frameworks in two Nordic countries","authors":"Helgi Thor Ingason, Thordur Vikingur Fridgeirsson, Steinunn Marta Gunnlaugsdottir, Erla Stefansdottir","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2022.100075","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plas.2022.100075","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A strong public project governance structure is instrumental to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of projects in the public domain. The Norwegian State Project Model is an example of such a structure; a standardized classification of projects into stages, with defined decision points, where requirements regarding documentation are specified. In Iceland, the public project governance structure has been criticised. This paper investigates the Icelandic framework by comparison to the Norwegian framework, through a desk analysis of both structures. Furthermore, the features and perceived utility of the Icelandic project governance structure are assessed by interviewing selected public stakeholders who are representatives of seven important organizations in the public sector. The study indicates that there is a significant difference between the frameworks where the Icelandic framework is lacking crucial elements of what constitutes best practices in modern project governance. In view of extensive plans for investments in infrastructure in the coming years, there is an urgent need for reforming the Icelandic project governance structure.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"3 ","pages":"Article 100075"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666721522000357/pdfft?md5=c3ea2717d64591eae7a971a7fa46be35&pid=1-s2.0-S2666721522000357-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81546688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Angela Minichiello, Oenardi Lawanto, Wade Goodridge, Assad Iqbal, Muhammad Asghar
{"title":"Flipping the digital switch: Affective responses of STEM undergraduates to emergency remote teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic","authors":"Angela Minichiello, Oenardi Lawanto, Wade Goodridge, Assad Iqbal, Muhammad Asghar","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2022.100043","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plas.2022.100043","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Corona Virus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) catalyzed a global shift to distance education known as an <em>emergency transition to remote teaching</em> (ERT). While prior research investigates students' experiences during traditional online learning, fewer studies examine students' affective responses (i.e., feelings, emotions) to those experiences, particularly when remote learning is unexpected and unplanned. To understand how science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) undergraduates responded affectively to the COVID-19 ERT, researchers generated open-ended survey data with 1340 undergraduates (253 female) in 27 courses across seven U.S. institutions. Using an inductive qualitative approach, researchers developed a three-tier thematic model to synthesize the self-reported reasons underlying participants’ affective responses to the COVID-19 ERT. Findings reveal a complex mix of positive and negative emotional responses among participants that included frequent occurrences of feelings of stress and uncertainty traced to a variety of external, internal, and contextual factors. Implications for STEM teaching practice are discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"3 ","pages":"Article 100043"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666721522000035/pdfft?md5=6f414742acc4351ee91709d31d89f0fc&pid=1-s2.0-S2666721522000035-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79126114","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Roles of competencies, career shock, and satisfaction in career commitment: Evidence from project-based organizations","authors":"Rizwan Ahmad , Hassan Imam","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2022.100052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plas.2022.100052","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study analyzes how career competencies increase individuals’ career commitment through positive career shocks from the project perspective. Further, this paper discusses the interaction effect of career satisfaction and career shocks to career commitment. Survey data were collected from early-career engineers working on engineering projects, and later analyzed through PROCESS Macro. Findings revealed that positive career shocks increased the career commitment of young engineers who had acceptable career competencies. This study extends the current career debate more precisely in the project context by highlighting the role of positive career shock, a relatively new construct in project management research, in career commitment. This also highlighted policy implications from a project viewpoint, such as how project recruiters may help early-career workers develop and enhance their attitudes toward a certain career, which is advantageous to the organization and project outcomes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"3 ","pages":"Article 100052"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666721522000126/pdfft?md5=64b805e7b3b04b148debd1ba619d91fd&pid=1-s2.0-S2666721522000126-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91636808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Brett D. Jones, Hande Fenerci-Soysal, Jesse L.M. Wilkins
{"title":"Measuring the motivational climate in an online course: A case study using an online survey tool to promote data-driven decisions","authors":"Brett D. Jones, Hande Fenerci-Soysal, Jesse L.M. Wilkins","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2022.100046","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plas.2022.100046","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Creating a positive motivational climate in an online course can engage students in their learning. Instructors may be able to better manage their courses and create a positive motivational climate if they implement online survey tools that allow them to assess the motivational climate of their courses. Teachers and researchers have documented that five student perceptions—empowerment, usefulness, success, interest, and caring—are particularly important for creating a positive motivational climate and are associated with students’ engagement and evaluations of teaching. In this paper, we describe a case study of an instructor who used an online survey tool to assess the motivational climate in his online asynchronous course over time. He then used the feedback to consider improvements that he could make to his course in the future. In addition, we describe how this process of using the online survey tool could be used by instructors to transform education.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"3 ","pages":"Article 100046"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666721522000060/pdfft?md5=7cff858867749c088dad28fee3871ddb&pid=1-s2.0-S2666721522000060-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73459664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Digitalization of project management: Opportunities in research and practice","authors":"Carl Marnewick , Annlizé L. Marnewick","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2022.100061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plas.2022.100061","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The fast growth of digital technologies as well as the amount of data that devices and applications collect daily, increasingly drive organisations to radically transform their business models. The impact of digitalization on Information technology (IT) projects are evident through the adoption of agile approaches and DevOps. What is not clear, is how digitalization is impacting the larger project management discipline. A bibliometric analysis of 478 articles provides insights into the state of project management digitalization. At a high level, project management is not yet digitalized but technologies are used as tools to optimise project management processes. The results also highlight the need for continuous learning to adapt to the transformation introduced by digitalization. The introduction of the Project Management Digitalization Research Agenda Cube can be used to guide practitioners and academia to facilitate the digitalization of project management.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"3 ","pages":"Article 100061"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666721522000217/pdfft?md5=ba889eee425df209791a75895a2f068a&pid=1-s2.0-S2666721522000217-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91764903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}