International Journal of Managing Projects in Business: Volume 16 Issue 2

Shared mental models in multi-team systems: improving enterprise system implementation

Xiaosong Jason Wu, Randi Jiang, Jacob Chia-An Tsai, Gary Klein

An enterprise system (ES) implementation proceeds as a multi-team system (MTS), with multiple project teams spanning time and business functions to meet organization-wide goals…

Use of leader–member exchange theory to promote the project governance of construction project contractors

Dedong Wang, Xiaofei Chen

In temporary construction project organizations, general contractors need to strengthen control over subcontractors through such measures as supervision and coordination, and…

Linking empowering leadership to work-related well-being and project citizenship behavior in the construction context: a self-determination perspective

Ziyao Zhang, Guodong Ni, Han Lin, Zongbo Li, Zhipeng Zhou

This paper aims to investigate the relationships between empowering leadership, basic psychological needs satisfaction, work-related well-being, and project citizenship behavior.

Organizational values in support of leadership styles fostering organizational resilience: a process perspective

Ida Marie Tvedt, Iris D. Tommelein, Ole Jonny Klakegg, John-Michael Wong

The purpose of this paper is to describe how resilience unfolded in a project-based organization with the support of organizational values through changing leadership styles. The…

Knowledge storage and accessibility in an interorganizational project: empirical evidence from the Orange Line metro train

Rehab Iftikhar, Khadija Mawra

This paper focuses on knowledge storage, knowledge accessibility and the associated challenges with these processes in an interorganizational project. For this purpose, the…

Ability or morality? Exploring the multiple dimensions of social trust on public acceptance of urban transport infrastructure projects

Yang Wang, Xingpeng He, Jian Zuo, Raufdeen Rameezdeen

The public's trust in the authorities has a great impact on people's perception and cognition on development of different types of urban transport infrastructure projects (UTIPs)…

Towards a comprehensive conceptual framework for multicultural virtual teams: a multilevel perspective exploring the relationship between multiculturalism and performance

Rachel Xenia Chang, Marly Monteiro Carvalho, Roberto Sbragia

Performance in virtual teams, which faces cultural and demographic differences, is a relevant phenomenon that has been widely investigated in recent decades, but with…

From local to the whole: understanding construction projects as multiteam systems

Jianyao Jia, Yang Li, Xueqing Gan, Guofeng Ma

In today's digital and post-pandemic era, construction teams can span their boundary to obtain important resources and support in computer-mediated ways. However, the benefits of…

Opportunism still remained alive: conditional limits of trust and contract in software projects

Tugba Gurcaylilar-Yenidogan, Dilek Erdogan

Based on a survey study of 138 software buyers in Turkey, this study examines conditional indirect effects of requirements uncertainty on supplier opportunism where buyer…

Project monitoring and evaluation to engage stakeholders of international development projects for community impact

Humera Amin, Helana Scheepers, Mohsin Malik

This paper aims to examine the role of project monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in international development (ID) project stakeholders' relationships. This study draws on agency…