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A stakeholder network perspective on unexpected events and their management in international projects
Kirsi Aaltonen, Jaakko Kujala, Päivi Lehtonen, Inkeri RuuskaWhile earlier literature has focused on the management tactics of unexpected events, this paper employs an inter‐organizational network perspective to the study of unexpected…
Talking the talk and walking the walk: How managers can influence the quality of work‐life balance in a construction project
Lisa Bradley, Kerry Brown, Helen Lingard, Keith Townsend, Caroline BaileyThe construction industry in Australia is characterised by a long work‐hours culture, with conditions that make it difficult for staff to balance their work and non‐work lives…
Projects are emotional: How project managers' emotional awareness can influence decisions and behaviours in projects
Nicholas ClarkeThe purpose of this paper is to offer insights into how emotions can influence project manager behaviours and decisions specifically within the context of undertaking their roles…
Effects of organizational support on components of virtual project teams
Nathalie Drouin, Mario Bourgault, Caroline GervaisVirtual project teams are teams whose members use technology to varying degrees in working across locational, temporal, and relational boundaries to accomplish an interdependent…
Project owner involvement for information and knowledge sharing in uncertainty management
Jan Terje KarlsenThe paper aims to investigate the communication of uncertainty information and knowledge between the project manager, owner and steering group. The purpose of the project is to…
A systemic view of dispute causation
Peter E.D. Love, Peter R. Davis, Joanne M. Ellis, S.O. CheungA considerable amount of research has been undertaken with regard to the dispute causation within construction project management. Research has eschewed identifying the…
Toward a regional ontology for information systems project management
Kosheek Sewchurran, Derek Smith, Dewald RoodeThe paper aims to paper an overview of a completed doctoral thesis which pursued the development of underlying theory (ontology) to give coherence to research in the information…
Trust relations in the construction industry
Ellen Lau, Steve RowlinsonThe paper aims to report on a thesis completed in 2005 that had relevance to the project management community. The thesis dealt with trust relations in the construction industry…
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1753-8378Online date, start – end:
2008Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Nathalie Drouin