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What Do We Really Know? A 40-Year Scientific Realist Examination of Theory Testing in Project Management 我们到底知道什么？项目管理理论检验的40年科学现实检验

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International Journal of Project Management Pub Date : 2025-11-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2025.102788

Thomas P. Kenworthy , Kam Jugdev

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Ethical performance of construction project management team: Development and validation of a multidimensional measure 建设项目管理团队道德绩效：多维尺度的开发与验证

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International Journal of Project Management Pub Date : 2025-11-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2025.102784

Wenqi Li, Jianhua Li, Yiqin Yu, Liying Wang, Sihan Cao, Botao Gu, Dongping Fang

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On cost, over time: How Scandinavian transport infrastructure challenges conventional understanding of project delivery performance 在成本方面，随着时间的推移：斯堪的纳维亚的交通基础设施如何挑战对项目交付绩效的传统理解

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International Journal of Project Management Pub Date : 2025-11-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2025.102787

Paul Chapman

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Co-fabricating the permanent to enable temporary organizing: Insights from an ethnography of emergency response operations 共同编制永久性组织以实现临时组织：来自应急行动民族志的见解

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International Journal of Project Management Pub Date : 2025-11-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2025.102768

Michael Grothe-Hammer , Olivier Berthod , Gordon Müller-Seitz , Jörg Sydow

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Call for papers: The transformational role of philosophy in project management 征文：哲学在项目管理中的转变作用

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International Journal of Project Management Pub Date : 2025-11-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2025.102785

Efrosyni Konstantinou , David Carl Wilson , Henk Den Uijl , Ralf Mülle

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Narratives and counter-narratives in sustainability transitions: A study on the Port of Rotterdam from a multi-level perspective 可持续转型中的叙事与反叙事：多层次视角下的鹿特丹港研究

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International Journal of Project Management Pub Date : 2025-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2025.102766

Johan Ninan , Kees Stam , Alfons van Marrewijk

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Conceptualizing semi-temporary project networks through actor roles in smart city innovation 通过智慧城市创新中的参与者角色概念化半临时项目网络

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International Journal of Project Management Pub Date : 2025-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2025.102763

Emilene Leite

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There’s people in there! On Daniel Kahneman’s enduring impact 里面有人！关于丹尼尔·卡尼曼的持久影响

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International Journal of Project Management Pub Date : 2025-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2025.102749

Harvey Maylor, Alexander Budzier

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Confronting information dilemma: How does collective mindfulness foster team improvisation in megaprojects 面对信息困境：集体正念如何在大型项目中培养团队即兴创作

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International Journal of Project Management Pub Date : 2025-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2025.102767

Kaiwen Jiang , Yun Le , Xian Zheng , Jie Cui , Martin Skitmore

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Project determinants of long-term value in the operations 项目运营中长期价值的决定因素

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International Journal of Project Management Pub Date : 2025-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2025.102762

Chiara Ogheri , Tuomas Ahola , Giorgio Locatelli , Matias Ståhle

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