{"title":"Call for papers for the Special paper collection: Novel research methodologies, methods and data in project studies","authors":"Natalya Sergeeva , Johan Ninan , David Oswald","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2022.100060","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plas.2022.100060","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"3 ","pages":"Article 100060"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666721522000205/pdfft?md5=9ace354acef17f3cf92aa78064a9f2a6&pid=1-s2.0-S2666721522000205-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85769216","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":"Diary method in project studies","authors":"Christine Unterhitzenberger, Kate Lawrence","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2022.100054","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plas.2022.100054","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Diary method is an adaptable research method for recording time-sensitive and context-specific details of a phenomenon. Project researchers have yet to embrace diary methods and the aims of this paper are to raise awareness of the use of diary method in project studies and to share insights into the application and potential use of the method. In this methodological paper, an overview of diary method is provided. Next, the application of a solicited diary as a qualitative research method is demonstrated through an example combining the diaries of 10 project managers or project team members, with pre- and post-diary interviews, to investigate organisational justice in the project context. Using the reflections of participants, and researchers, to develop insight into the use of diary method, the relevance of this method for project studies is discussed. Finally, topic areas that would benefit from the unique insights available from diary method are proposed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"3 ","pages":"Article 100054"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266672152200014X/pdfft?md5=4785a395478af0e8b6aae1fd8949b4b1&pid=1-s2.0-S266672152200014X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88604932","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":"Making time for life: A whole-of-industry initiative to reducing work hours and promoting health and gender inclusion in project-based construction work","authors":"Helen Lingard, Michelle Turner","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2022.100065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plas.2022.100065","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A cross section of participants representing a ‘vertical slice’ of the construction industry workforce were interviewed to: (i) understand the way that long hours are experienced by project-based workers and the factors contributing to the long hours culture, and (ii) explore the factors motivating a ‘whole of industry’ cultural reform initiative focused on reducing work hours in the Australian construction industry. Deeply entrenched systems of work within the construction industry, including competitive tendering processes and the imposition of financial penalties for time overruns, contribute to long work hours that are detrimental to workers' health and wellbeing. Moreover, construction companies develop project programs on the basis of assumptions that projects will run smoothly in all respects. Risks associated with program ‘slippage’ are passed down the supply chain to subcontractors. The problem of long work hours in construction project work means that a single organisation (whether client or constructor) cannot adequately address the issue. This has led to public sector client organizations and private sector construction organizations to engage in a unique collaborative initiative to reduce work hours and, in doing so, enable health, wellbeing and gender diversity in the Australian construction industry.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"3 ","pages":"Article 100065"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666721522000254/pdfft?md5=8646b30c6ee99d84e5c231170be408d2&pid=1-s2.0-S2666721522000254-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91636805","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":"Understanding stakeholder experience through the stakeholder journey","authors":"Roya Derakhshan , Rodney Turner","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2022.100063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plas.2022.100063","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this article we consider stakeholder experience through the stakeholder's contact journey with a project. Drawing on the customer experience literature we consider the stakeholders experience by using customer experience as a metaphor. Stakeholder experience will involve cognitive, emotional, behavioural and social responses at touchpoints through the project. Key elements of customer experience are relationships, trust and value creation and we consider what those mean for stakeholder experience. We then identify that project stakeholders go through a four-stage experiential journey: pre-project; tendering; project delivery; and post project. These experiences shape around three types of touchpoints: project organization owned; stakeholder owned; and social/external context. We also consider five value creation elements and the cognitive and emotional responses at touchpoints. In the process we review what the project stakeholder literature has said about these issues. While few authors have addressed them directly, many relevant observations have been made. Establishing over these pieces is one stepping stone to develop future research for nourishing our understandings from stakeholder experience.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"3 ","pages":"Article 100063"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666721522000230/pdfft?md5=89e24b6c29bc9331e724cb58aa41580e&pid=1-s2.0-S2666721522000230-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91636806","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":"Building bridges: Unraveling the missing links between Public-Private Partnerships and sustainable development","authors":"Gabriel Castelblanco, Jose Guevara","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2022.100059","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plas.2022.100059","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Although there is increasing agreement that Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) contribute significantly to sustainable development, the intersection between the PPP body of knowledge and sustainability remains underdeveloped. This study adopts the Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) and their sustainable targets as means to assess the intensity of the link between the PPP literature and sustainability. Findings show that the thematic keywords in the PPP literature are multidimensionally related to sustainability through 16 out of the 17 SDGs. However, the intensity of this relationship is heterogenous: while eleven SDGs were related to less than 5% of the topics, only four SDGs (i.e., 8, 9, 16, and 17) demonstrated a strong relationship with PPPs, representing 51 out of the 169 sustainability targets. Moreover, 19 sustainability targets within these four SDGs were found to be the most representative according to their connection with the studied PPP topics, underlining high interdependencies between the PPP field and the three sustainability dimensions (society, environment, and economy). Overall, this study establishes a foundation for future studies on sustainability in PPPs by proposing three research avenues associated with social, environmental, and economic perspectives: (1) exposing the life-cycle relations between sources of payment, financing conditions, and costs of PPPs. (2) examining the most relevant challenges in achieving social legitimacy of PPP programs in developing countries. (3) providing a multidimensional empirical analysis of the effectiveness of environmental assessment tools for PPP projects.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"3 ","pages":"Article 100059"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666721522000199/pdfft?md5=011916fc4a23738e7a8ff41afdd0dda7&pid=1-s2.0-S2666721522000199-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89840486","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":"Teachers’ experiences of using game-based learning methods in project management higher education","authors":"Elina Jääskä, Kirsi Aaltonen","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2022.100041","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plas.2022.100041","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The benefits and challenges of using game-based learning (GBL) methods in project management higher education have not been widely investigated. This study employs qualitative methods and builds on in-depth interview data from 22 experienced university teachers with a project management teaching background. It shows that teachers perceive beneficial consequences for students from gaming, such as increased interest and knowledge acquisition with a memorable learning experience. Teachers' inspirations and motivations are boosted by a novel method to motivate and engage students. The perceived challenges of GBL for students manifest as increased cognitive load and stress. This paper contributes to a deeper understanding of the impact of GBL methods while identifying challenges and disadvantages, which are not as widely discussed as benefits. This research identifies experiences from project management teachers' perspectives, covering both learners' and instructors’ viewpoints. The findings may help teachers to decide whether GBL could be used in their courses.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"3 ","pages":"Article 100041"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666721522000011/pdfft?md5=dbc5b3304cb300c73db9b8a821058330&pid=1-s2.0-S2666721522000011-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87055806","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":"The significance of Luhmann's theory on organisations for project governance","authors":"Erik B.W. Aal","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2022.100070","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plas.2022.100070","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The aim of this paper is to lay out a novel analytical perspective for project governance. Applying two elementary concepts of Luhmann's organisation theory, distinction and autopoiesis, as well as Luhmann's decision-making model offers a deeper comprehension of the project, which renders a novel classification of projects. These project classes are associated with a certain influence relation between organisation and project, which determines the modality of how organisations steer their projects. These are labelled as governance mode and management mode. Fleshing out the decision-making approach of Luhmann, a detailed operational framework for the steering modality governance mode is advanced, as in this case the organisation faces elevated steering challenges and limitations. It is reasoned when and why governance can be effective and positively impact on the project. These contributions offer an enhanced understanding of project governance and new perspectives for developing its practice.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"3 ","pages":"Article 100070"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666721522000308/pdfft?md5=c0e9d1914f08e016dd63ffa8bfa85b74&pid=1-s2.0-S2666721522000308-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74555924","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":"Corporate social responsibility as a strategic narrative: The cases of UK project-based organisations","authors":"Natalya Sergeeva, Evangelia Kapetanaki","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2022.100073","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plas.2022.100073","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a strategic narrative that has continuously gained attention from policy makers, practitioners and academics over the last few decades. However, there are limited project management studies which specifically explore CSR-related policy and strategic narrative, and a process of translating it into project-based organisations and their projects. This research study contributes to the existing project management studies by providing insights into the ways project-based organisations formalise and communicate CSR-related narratives and show initiatives and actions in response to wider policy agenda. Through an in-depth analysis of three case studies, we show the ways CSR narratives have been (re)constructed and they ways organisations socially construct their identities as socially responsible. The policy agenda is translated into narratives of corporate responsibility, commitments and actions demonstrated by project-based organisations. Project-based organisations are active players in committing to achieving policy agenda and delivering projects that address and promote CSR.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"3 ","pages":"Article 100073"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666721522000333/pdfft?md5=2ca23e42c353380018bbac00d80cb44e&pid=1-s2.0-S2666721522000333-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84785574","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":"Becoming a project manager: A social cognitive perspective","authors":"Seán F. Keane","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2022.100051","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plas.2022.100051","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A global shortage of project managers highlights the need for a theory of why some people but not others choose to become project managers. So this paper uses social cognitive theory to explain both the role of project management self-efficacy (PMSE) in becoming a project manager and the experiential sources of PMSE. Further, the article extends the theoretical scope of PMSE assessment to incorporate leadership dimensions of project activities. Results suggest that PMSE: (1) influences the likelihood of becoming a project manager, both directly and by affecting outcome expectancies, goals and socio-structural factors; (2) has four principal sources – enactive mastery, vicarious learning, social persuasion, and physiological states – that can be developed through training; and (3) encompasses eleven dimensions and forty-three activities. Propositions and research suggestions are provided. Although the various formulations need to be empirically tested, together they indicate that PMSE is much more important and complex than previously reported. The article should prove useful to practitioners and those interested in increasing the supply of project managers.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"3 ","pages":"Article 100051"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666721522000114/pdfft?md5=e726ac61f65ff60afaa60b6e9f952342&pid=1-s2.0-S2666721522000114-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87708537","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":"Special collection in Project Leadership and Society: Call for papers on the role of digitalization in project management","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2022.100067","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plas.2022.100067","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"3 ","pages":"Article 100067"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666721522000278/pdfft?md5=fee11ab4e126f718ab919fa81a16c50a&pid=1-s2.0-S2666721522000278-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76045445","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}