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Publication date: 4 April 2017

Karmin Gray and Frank Ulbrich

The project management literature provides a fairly united picture of the importance of projects being successful. One success factor is represented by project managers…

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Purpose

The project management literature provides a fairly united picture of the importance of projects being successful. One success factor is represented by project managers themselves, whose personality, skills, knowledge, competencies, and traits affect project success. To better understand various project manager types, the purpose of this paper is to review the extant project management literature and propose a framework for categorising project managers based on the traits that they possess or lack.

Design/methodology/approach

The research commenced with identifying and collecting articles from the academic project management literature. The articles were then coded to identify different competencies and traits that a project manager needs to be successful. Based on this analysis, a framework with four main project manager types was developed.

Findings

The results indicate that ambiguity acceptance and translation skills are two important dimensions that project managers need to be successful. The four project manager types were arranged around two dimensions.

Research limitations/implications

The framework presented is based on previous research. Empirical testing of the proposed framework would be a promising direction for future research.

Practical implications

The framework assists reflective practitioners in identifying what kind of project manager they currently are, suggesting how they might transition into a different project manager type to increase their project management success rate.

Originality/value

This paper conceptualises project managers and how their personal traits relate to project success. It offers practical help to project managers in understanding their strengths and limitations, and how to become a different type of project manager.

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International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, vol. 10 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1753-8378

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Publication date: 4 April 2017

Nathalie Drouin

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International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, vol. 10 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1753-8378

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Publication date: 9 April 2018

Laura G. Singleton

This study aims to compare the National Alliance of Businessmen and the National Urban Coalition, two change efforts spawned during the 1960’s US Urban Crisis, in which businesses…

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Purpose

This study aims to compare the National Alliance of Businessmen and the National Urban Coalition, two change efforts spawned during the 1960’s US Urban Crisis, in which businesses took a central role to address urban problems, particularly through expanding opportunities for African-Americans.

Design/methodology/approach

This is a historical comparative case study developed through research utilizing published resources and archival material.

Findings

Neither organization clearly achieved its initial goals, with each migrating toward the end of its existence away from business-related goals to focus on public education. Potential causes include economic obstacles, a heroic conception of change that fostered overcommitment, and conflicting institutional logics in the organization’s missions, both of which were intertwined with governmental objectives from their foundings. However, the period shows overall changes in social awareness by business, in which these organizations played a part, and efforts by today’s businesses to respond to racial tensions in cities display learning from these predecessor organizations.

Research limitations/implications

A significant dependence on published sources limits the depth of insight versus accessing organizational archives; however, it does offer a similar basis for information on both organizations to facilitate comparisons.

Practical implications

The structural vulnerabilities of these organizations can present lessons for organizations hoping to pursue similar change through business partnerships today.

Social implications

The racial tensions continuing in the USA today display parallel the challenges of the 1960s, making learning from these precedents valuable.

Originality/value

This study offers a comparative view of the NAB and NUC throughout their history, which has not previously been provided.

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Journal of Management History, vol. 24 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1751-1348

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Publication date: 31 May 2021

Edmund Goh and Tom Baum

The COVID-19 pandemic has seen a growing emergence of “quarantine hotels” that provide accommodation to guests who are mandated to self-isolate for 14 days upon entry to a country…

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Purpose

The COVID-19 pandemic has seen a growing emergence of “quarantine hotels” that provide accommodation to guests who are mandated to self-isolate for 14 days upon entry to a country to prevent the spread of virus. Why are young hotel workers willing to endure relatively poor working conditions and expose themselves to dangerous COVID-19 workplace environments? Perhaps, the opportunity to participate in meaningful work is the prime motivator for hotel workers who choose to work in quarantine hotels. This study aims to investigate the motivations that young hotel employees hold towards working in a potentially dangerous hotel workplace.

Design/methodology/approach

Using personal interviews, this research explored the antecedents behind Generation Z employees’ (n = 42) actual behaviour towards working in quarantine hotels through the lens of the extended theory of planned behaviour (TPB) model (attitudes, subjective norms, perceived difficulties and meaningful work).

Findings

Results revealed that meaningful work such as making the world safer and going beyond the call of duty was a key motivating factor behind a willingness to work in quarantine hotels. Hotel employees also viewed working in quarantine hotels as exciting but dangerous, and the support from their family nuclei was seen as a key underlying motivator.

Practical implications

The key implications are the image of the hospitality industry in terms of professional identity to be an industry that is respected by society given the high-risk work environment with increased exposure to COVID-19. Even though Generation Z still see some long-standing negatives in hotel work such as long hours and emotional challenge, it is positive to know that there are contexts in which they can have more pride and meaningfulness from their jobs.

Originality/value

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first paper to examine Generation Z hotel workers’ motivations to work in quarantine hotels. A key theoretical contribution to the body of knowledge is the extension of the TPB framework with the additional meaningful work variable.

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International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, vol. 33 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0959-6119

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