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Project Leadership and Society Pub Date : 2023-06-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.plas.2023.100086

Carole Daniel , Ute R. Hülsheger , Ravi S. Kudesia , Shankar Sankaran , Linzhuo Wang

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Climbing to the top: Personal life stories on becoming megaproject leaders 攀登顶峰:成为大型项目领导者的个人生活故事

Project Leadership and Society Pub Date : 2023-06-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.plas.2023.100085

Alfons van Marrewijk , Shankar Sankaran , Nathalie Drouin , Ralf Müller

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引用次数: 2

Enhancing project management graduates’ employability through group assessment innovations: An empirical study 通过小组评估创新提升项目管理专业毕业生就业能力的实证研究

Project Leadership and Society Pub Date : 2023-03-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.plas.2023.100084

Roksana Jahan Tumpa , Samer Skaik , Miriam Ham , Ghulam Chaudhry

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引用次数: 1

Editorial: Digital learning and education in a project society 社论:项目社会中的数字化学习和教育

Project Leadership and Society Pub Date : 2023-03-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.plas.2023.100083

Efrosyni Konstantinou , Andreas Nachbagauer , Harald Wehnes

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Exploring the complexity of highways infrastructure programmes in the United Kingdom through systems thinking 通过系统思考探索英国高速公路基础设施项目的复杂性

Project Leadership and Society Pub Date : 2023-03-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.plas.2023.100081

Sagarika Bala Prakash , Richard Kirkham , Anupam Nanda , Sarah Coleman

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引用次数: 4

‘Show, don't tell!’ – Popular films for discussion of individual values in construction project management “展示，不要说!”-讨论建筑项目管理中个人价值的流行影片

Project Leadership and Society Pub Date : 2023-03-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.plas.2023.100082

Savitha Chilakamarri

引用次数: 1

Rethinking public infrastructure megaproject performance: Theorizing alternative benefits, and the need for open science in project research 重新思考公共基础设施大型项目绩效:理论化替代效益，以及项目研究中开放科学的必要性

Project Leadership and Society Pub Date : 2023-02-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.plas.2023.100080

Sam McLeod

引用次数: 3

Identity formation and maintenance in a large hospital construction project 大型医院建设项目中身份的形成与维护

Project Leadership and Society Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.plas.2022.100058

Emmanuel Nyameke, Harri Haapasalo

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Digital tools for stakeholder participation in urban development projects 利益相关者参与城市发展项目的数字化工具

Project Leadership and Society Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.plas.2022.100053

Sebastian Toukola, Tuomas Ahola

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引用次数: 8

It takes more than the project manager: The importance of senior management support for successful social sector projects 它需要的不仅仅是项目经理:高级管理层对成功的社会部门项目的支持的重要性

Project Leadership and Society Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.plas.2022.100042

Riaz Ahmed , Simon P. Philbin

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