{"title":"Enhancing sensing capabilities in project-based organizations: the role of knowledge transfer between commercial and operational teams","authors":"Marcos T.J. Barbosa , Marly M. Carvalho","doi":"10.1016/j.ijproman.2025.102724","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijproman.2025.102724","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In today’s rapidly evolving market landscape, the ability of project-based organizations to continuously adapt and sense opportunities is critical for maintaining competitiveness, yet it remains an under-theorized area. This study investigates how project-based organizations enhance their sensing capabilities through effective knowledge transfer between operational and commercial teams. Through a multiple case study of seven diverse project-based organizations, the research identifies key factors for evaluating business opportunities, such as financial and technical feasibility, risk assessments, resource availability, long-term sustainability, and strategic alignment. The study highlights the significance of integrating commercial and operational teams through formal and informal mechanisms, which enhances sensing capabilities and market responsiveness. It also emphasizes the importance of continuous learning and fostering a culture that encourages all employees to act as salespeople, driving innovation and competitiveness. The findings result in an innovative theoretical framework and four propositions, offering new insights into how knowledge transfer and sensing capabilities influence market interactions, which ultimately improves strategic planning and integration within project-based organizations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48429,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Project Management","volume":"43 5","pages":"Article 102724"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144491931","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Call for Papers: Towards Stronger Theorising of Temporary Organising","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.ijproman.2025.102725","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijproman.2025.102725","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48429,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Project Management","volume":"43 5","pages":"Article 102725"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144518593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eleni Papadonikolaki, Tuomas Ahola, Sujuan Zhang, Sulafa Badi, V.K. Narayanan
{"title":"Call for papers: Digitalisation of and by projects: A sociotechnical perspective on the consequences for project work","authors":"Eleni Papadonikolaki, Tuomas Ahola, Sujuan Zhang, Sulafa Badi, V.K. Narayanan","doi":"10.1016/j.ijproman.2025.102727","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijproman.2025.102727","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48429,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Project Management","volume":"43 5","pages":"Article 102727"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144633292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The ‘invisible hand’ of institutional logics on professionalizing project management amid increasing projectification","authors":"Reinhard F. Wagner, Mladen Radujković","doi":"10.1016/j.ijproman.2025.102726","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijproman.2025.102726","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The increasing projectification in many areas of our society necessitates the professionalization of project management. However, it remains largely unexplored how this process of professionalization unfolds at the societal level, influenced by institutional factors and key actors with their strategies and activities. It is also unclear why the trajectories vary from country to country. Our research, which uses the concept of institutional logic, investigates the trajectories of project management professionalization in Germany and Kazakhstan, with a focus on the private and public sectors, respectively. The decentralized and normative professionalization of project management in Germany, driven by actors from the bottom up, contrasts with the regulative, top-down approach of the centralized presidential administration in Kazakhstan. The different institutional logics in these countries explain this. Our research provides a distinct perspective for future studies and contributes to shaping the professionalization of project management within existing institutional frameworks and logics.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48429,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Project Management","volume":"43 5","pages":"Article 102726"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144523246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Kahneman's legacy in project management: Improving decision-making and performance","authors":"Chantal C. Cantarelli","doi":"10.1016/j.ijproman.2025.102697","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijproman.2025.102697","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48429,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Project Management","volume":"43 4","pages":"Article 102697"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144481010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Can behavioural decision theory provide the microfoundations of project organizing?","authors":"Graham M. Winch","doi":"10.1016/j.ijproman.2025.102707","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijproman.2025.102707","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48429,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Project Management","volume":"43 4","pages":"Article 102707"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144481011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Client management in the project domain: towards conceptual integration using cross-disciplinary research","authors":"Hedley Smyth , Ole Jonny Klakegg , Vegard Knotten","doi":"10.1016/j.ijproman.2025.102723","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijproman.2025.102723","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Client management by the delivery organisation is under-researched across the project domain. Reviewing the literature positions client management (CM) as an important topic for improving performance. Three dominant theoretical strands are identified. One strand is based in the disciplines of marketing and organisational behaviour. It is largely located in the delivery firm. The second strand primarily locates CM as part of project marketing. This strand is rooted in operational management and has become positioned tactically as a subset of project management largely at the front-end. A lesser third strand views CM from the project management delivery perspective. The analysis demonstrates the theory-driven lenses employed by the different research strands produce a fragmented picture that limits current understanding. Hence there is a need for conceptual integration. The analysis argues for cross-disciplinary research to induce integration, commencing with the current intersections to create a strategic platform for generating new knowledge.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48429,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Project Management","volume":"43 4","pages":"Article 102723"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144364429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How entrepreneurial orientation influences project portfolio success: The roles of ideation portfolio management and firm size","authors":"Gang Liu, Wannan Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.ijproman.2025.102722","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijproman.2025.102722","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Recent studies emphasize the importance of entrepreneurial orientation on project portfolio success, but there is little research on the influence of contextual factors in entrepreneurial orientation on project portfolio success. Meanwhile, although some studies have examined the role of ideation portfolio management on project portfolio success, the antecedents of ideation portfolio management have not been adequately explained. It can be reasonably assumed that entrepreneurial orientation assists firms in exploring new opportunities, developing their business and coping with changes of external environment. It is therefore logical to posit that entrepreneurial orientation should be an antecedent of ideation portfolio management and contribute to project portfolio success, and that firm size may affect the processes. The paper examines the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and project portfolio success, and the roles of ideation portfolio management and firm size using a sample of 450 Chinese firms. The results show that ideation portfolio management has a mediating effect between entrepreneurial orientation and project portfolio success. Moreover, if firm size is larger, the effect of entrepreneurial orientation on project portfolio success is weaker, and the impact of ideation portfolio management on project portfolio success is stronger. Surprisingly, the effect of entrepreneurial orientation on ideation portfolio management does not depend on firm size.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48429,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Project Management","volume":"43 4","pages":"Article 102722"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144204298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Casting a long shadow: On the death and abiding influence of Daniel Kahneman in shaping project management theory and practice","authors":"Lavagnon A. Ika , Jeffrey K. Pinto","doi":"10.1016/j.ijproman.2025.102681","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijproman.2025.102681","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>With the recent passing of Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Prize winner and influential thinker, the opportunity to offer reflection on his contributions to project management theory and practice is timely. Indeed, while Kahneman himself is no longer with us, his ideas continue to carry enormous weight in the project management field. This essay is offered as a festschrift and is accompanied by invited commentaries. We take stock of Kahneman's work on judgment and decision-making under risk; bias, error and noise; and the Planning Fallacy. We note that much of his work served as a foreshadowing of current scholarship and opened wide avenues for exploration in project management; everything from topics such as project behavior, causes and effects of project performance, happiness and well-being, and even foreshadowing the AI movement. We argue that Kahneman's ideas at the intersection of psychology and economics have not so much revised as upended our understanding of project management.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48429,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Project Management","volume":"43 4","pages":"Article 102681"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144481009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Organisational climate for temporariness: Exploring employees’ shared perceptions within intra-organisational temporary forms","authors":"Silvia Gilardi, Alessandra Lazazzara","doi":"10.1016/j.ijproman.2025.102720","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijproman.2025.102720","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Several studies highlight that organisational climate can influence the impact of temporary forms within permanent organisations on employee well-being and performance. Therefore, a better understanding of employees’ shared perceptions about temporariness is critical. This article introduces a model of organisational climate for temporariness, conceptualised as employees’ shared perceptions regarding the practices, procedures, and kinds of behaviours that are valued, rewarded, and supported when temporariness is adopted within permanent organisations. It draws on a qualitative study based on focus groups conducted in an advanced medium-sized manufacturing company applying projects and other temporary arrangements. The findings highlight how employees make sense of temporariness in four main areas. These include their perceptions of the coherence between organisational values and external requests for temporariness, how the increased coordination complexity is managed, how role changes and skill development are supported, and how the organisation responds to the psychosocial strains of temporariness ensuring job security and social support. This study contributes to project management literature by recognising the central role of employee perceptions in temporary organising. It provides a structured framework that enables project managers to understand, monitor, and manage these perceptions, thus supporting both well-being and performance in temporary organisations and project-based contexts within permanent organisations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48429,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Project Management","volume":"43 4","pages":"Article 102720"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144312698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}