International Journal of Managing Projects in Business: Volume 14 Issue 5

A shared leadership framework based on boundary spanners in megaprojects

Tingting Cao, Giorgio Locatelli, Nigel Smith, Lianying Zhang

Megaprojects present an intricated pattern of leadership activities, which evolve over their planning and delivery and comprises several stakeholders. A framework is useful to…

Linking work–family conflict and burnout from the emotional resource perspective for construction professionals

Junwei Zheng, Xueqin Gou, Hongyang Li, Nini Xia, Guangdong Wu

Following the conservation of resources theory and job demands–resources model, this study aims to explore the relationship between work interference with family (WIF) and…

Finding the roots: experimentation in innovation project management

Pedro Henrique Dutra de Abreu Mancini de Azevedo, Larissa Passos Silva

Project management practices have been losing its central place in innovation processes within the companies due to its excessive control-oriented phased approach. Hence, the…

Using complexity and volatility characteristics to guide hybrid project management

Silvana Costantini, Jon G. Hall, Lucia Rapanotti

The paper aims to provide methodological support for hybrid project management, in which the discipline of predictive methodologies combines with the flexibility of adaptive ones…

Quantifying heterogeneous individual perceptions in project management research

David C. Hackman

This article introduces the best-worst scaling object case, a quantitative method of producing individual level models of heterogeneous perceptions, for use in behavioural…

Early identification of distressed capital projects: a longitudinal approach

Hong Long Chen

Previous studies investigate factors affecting project outcomes. Yet, it has not been fully explored regarding which factors differentiate healthy projects from distressed…

Risk assessment of construction projects using Monte Carlo simulation

Abroon Qazi, Mecit Can Emre Simsekler

This paper aims to develop a process for prioritizing project risks that integrates the decision-maker's risk attitude, uncertainty about risks both in terms of the associated…

Beyond the agile methods: a diagnostic tool to support the development of hybrid models

Michael Jordan Bianchi, Edivandro Carlos Conforto, Daniel Capaldo Amaral

While agile methods have been adapted to different industries, agility depends on the alignment between the practices and project environment. Nevertheless, it is unlikely to find…