International Journal of Managing Projects in Business: Volume 6 Issue 3

The informal liaison role of project controllers in new product development projects

Thommie Burström, Mattias Jacobsson

The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyze the liaison role of project controllers in new product development (NPD) projects.

Cultural values influencing project team success: An empirical investigation in Ethiopia

Fanta T. Jetu, René Riedl

Information systems (IS) research in developing countries (DCs) has attracted increasing attention over recent years. Nevertheless, empirical studies in these countries in…

Forms of power, politics and leadership in asynchronous virtual project environment: An exploratory analysis in South Africa

Nixon Muganda, Kiyashen Pillay

The paper aims to investigate the forms of power, politics and leadership exercised by project leaders within asynchronous virtual project environments (VPEs). The purpose of this…

Stakeholder management: the sociodynamic approach

Paul Walley

The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether or not traditional methods of sociodynamic profiling are useful as an analytical management approach to manage stakeholders in…

The appraisal of ICT and non‐ICT capital projects: A study of the current practices of large UK organisations

Frank Lefley

The purpose of this paper is to identify current practice in respect of the appraisal of both information communication technology (ICT) and non‐ICT capital investments, and to…

An exploratory study of project success with tools, software and methods

Kam Jugdev, David Perkins, Joyce Fortune, Diana White, Derek Walker

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationships between project delivery success factors, project management tools, software, and methods.

Managing temporal misfits in institutional environments: A study of critical incidents in a complex public project

Therese Dille, Jonas Söderlund

The aim of this paper is to conceptualize time as an important dimension of institutions and, more specifically, to develop the analysis of institutions, time, and temporal…

The role of transition in temporary organizations: linking the temporary to the permanent

Mattias Jacobsson, Thommie Burström, Timothy L. Wilson

This research note puts the role of transition back in the center of the temporary organization and lends to understanding the temporary organization as a transitory unit within…

Temporary organizations and end states: A theory is a child of its time and in need of reconsideration and reconstruction

Rolf A. Lundin, Anders Söderholm

The purpose of this paper is to respond to the research note on the article “A theory on temporary organizations” by reminding readers about the lack of timelessness in the social…

A chunk view of research into temporary organizations

Karlos Artto

The purpose of this research note is to address theory building in the field of projects and temporary organizations.

Using organizational knowledge for the selection of construction methods

Ximena Ferrada, Alfredo Serpell

The purpose of this paper is to report and summarize the findings from a doctoral thesis that analyze the construction methods' selection process, from a knowledge management…

Factors affecting capital program performance audit findings

Alexia Nalewaik

The purpose of this paper is to summarize the scope, methodology and main findings of a doctoral thesis about engagement factors that impact the performance audit of capital…

Editorial

Derek H.T. Walker