Project Management Journal

Meet the #PMJCollege Fellows! Elahe Gharouni Jafari is a PhD student at the School of Project Management, University of Sydney, researching ‘Collaboration under Collaborative Contracts.’ Before starting her PhD, she contributed to four major research projects focused on transport and affordable housing in Iran. She has co-authored several journal papers and two books, Project Delivery Methods and Building Information Modelling. In 2022, she received the Best Paper Award from Emerald. Kobra is also an active peer reviewer and was recognized as the Best Reviewer by the International Journal of Construction Management. Kaiwen Jiang is a third-year PhD student at the Research Institute of Complex Engineering Management, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. His current research area is uncertainty management in megaprojects, especially for unforeseen uncertainty. Specifically, he delves into three project-organizing topics in this domain, including organizational improvisation from a behavioral perspective, organizational resilience from a capability perspective, and organizational adaptation from a structure perspective. He is also interested in other megaproject management issues related to uncertainties, such as systems integration, program management, and stakeholder management. He has won the Best Track Paper in the EURAM 2024. Dr Roksana Jahan Tumpa is a Lecturer in Project Management within the School of Engineering and Technology at Central Queensland University, Sydney, Australia. She serves as both an educator and researcher, boasting a diverse array of peer-reviewed publications spanning project management, higher education, sustainability in construction projects and retention of women in construction. Throughout Roksana’s career, she has received several awards, including the Research Training Program (RTP) stipend Award, Walt Lipke Project Governance and Control Excellence Award, Student Voice Commendation Award, Best Paper Award, Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Winner Award, People's Choice Awards, and Best Presentation Awards. She has recently won a competitive industry grant on effective project governance and stakeholder engagement in achieving social value in projects. #PMJ #ProjectManagement #Growth

Meet the #PMJCollege fellows! Fengwen Yan, PhD Candidate, is currently pursuing a doctoral degree at the Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, under the supervision of Professor Graham Winch and Ms. Kate Barker. His research focuses on managing housing retrofit projects as complex microprojects, providing insights into sustainability and achieving Net-Zero targets. Fengwen’s work challenges traditional views on project complexity and aims to introduce a new theoretical framework in project management. Fengwen has teaching experience in project management and global supply chain management courses, as well as on-site management experience in construction projects. Liumiao Qin is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Construction Management and Real Estate, School of Economics and Management, Tongji University. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Tianjin University in 2021. Her research interests mainly include collaborative governance in large public- private partnership projects, social responsibility in the built environment, and project innovation ecosystems. Ingrid Avila TIOMO, MBA, M.Sc., is a PhD student in project management at Université Laval, in Canada. She holds an MBA in project management from France, and a post-graduate microprogram in project management from Quebec. Her research focuses on project governance, political skill and value creation. As part of her doctoral research, she is specifically interested in the influence of projects governance practices on the value creation of strategic project portfolios in universities. Alongside her academic activities, Ingrid is also involved in universities and non-profit organizations governance. She has also participated in several conferences such as ASAC and ACFAS. #PMJ #ProjectManagement #Growth

Meet the #PMJCollege fellows! Xavier Morin is a PhD candidate at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in the Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. He holds a master’s degree in project management from the School of Management at Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). His research primarily focuses on change management, with an emphasis on digital transformation projects. He conducts original research on the organizational changes driven by digitalization in project management practices and processes, using Automatic Train Operation (ATO) as a case study. Xavier's PhD project is part of an EU-wide consortium aimed at facilitating the integration of automatic trains into the European rail network. By bridging theory and practice, he applies research insights to real-world challenges and engages in research action to stay at the forefront of these technological advancements. Anna af Hällström is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Applied IT at the University of Gothenburg. Their research interests include urban planning and development, project management, and the twin transition of digitalization and sustainability in the public sector. This includes, but is not limited to, organizational design, behaviour and change, especially in inter-organizational contexts. They received their PhD from Chalmers University of Technology. Dr Wei Ting Hong is a postdoctoral researcher associate in Project Analytics at John Grill Institute for Project Leadership, The University of Sydney. His research concentrates on the intersection of digital transformation, project leadership, and infrastructure management, with a particular focus on leveraging novel technologies such as Natural Language Processing (NLP), Large Language Models (LLMs) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance the efficacy of megaproject management. He received his PhD from the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, The University of Sydney. #PMJ #ProjectManagement #Growth

We are happy to present you the first #PMJCollege fellows! Congrats to all the selected doctoral students and postdocs! Let's foster the project studies together! At Project Management Journal, we're dedicated to nurturing the next generation of scholarly excellence in project studies. We're thrilled to announce the launch of the new PMJvCollege, a two-year program developed to empower and retain talented and highly motivated doctoral students and postdocs at the early stages of their scholarly careers in project studies. 📖 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: By immersing these burgeoning academics in the intricacies of scholarly work, we aim to foster their career trajectory, building capabilities for contributions to project studies and beyond. We also hope that the innovative ideas and energy of these emerging scholars will enhance project studies, propelling the field to be ever more relevant and fruitful. 📚 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦: PMJ College offers a structured two-year program with four immersive workshops, devoted to the art of discussing, reading, reviewing, researching, and writing, followed by a third year of mentorship by one of the members of our editorial team. 🌟 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲: We are forming the first cohort of approximately eight to ten doctoral students and post-docs, focusing on meritocracy and diversity to facilitate rich intellectual exchange. Financial support opportunities are available to ensure equitable representation. 👥 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦: The PMJ College initiative is led by Joana Geraldi Giorgio Locatelli Jörg sydow Dr Shazia Nauman Tristano Sainati Stewart Clegg Jonas Soderlund Check the PMJ editorial here: https://lnkd.in/d2z4e2Uc Watch the interview with Joana Geraldi, https://lnkd.in/d2nKz2-J

New paper published “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬—𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐀 𝐁𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧?” by Timo Braun and Jörg Sydow The paper is available here https://lnkd.in/dMsAb8ts   𝐀𝐁𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓 “Based on conceptual reasoning, combined with illustrations from the air cargo industry, this article proposes a gradual broadening of the concept of what project management offices (PMOs) are responsible for to provide added value to the collaborating organizations when planning for and executing inter­organizational projects. Thus far, the ability of PMOs to support interorganizational projects and practices has been restricted—this goes for project management practice as well as a lack of concepts and theoretical reasoning from research in the domain of project studies. Against this background, this article distinguishes four types of PMOs and identifies promising organizational design elements pointing to functions and barriers, as well as to the interorganizational bridging practices of PMOs in support of their inter­organizational responsibilities.”   #PMJ #interorganizationalcollaboration #organizationdesign #projectbasedorganizing #projectmanagementoffice #projectnetwork #organizationalboundaries

New paper published “𝐀 𝐓𝐚𝐱𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐬” by Ralf Müller and Linzhuo (Arrory) Wang The paper is available here https://lnkd.in/dHVMD7gP 𝐀𝐁𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓 “Organizational project management (OPM) integrates project-related activities in organizations, including project management offices (PMOs) and their services. Using an organizational design perspective, this study models nine different PMO service delivery categories along scope, frequency, and delivery entity and identifies their particular OPM contexts (i.e., landscapes). Two hundred and sixty-five responses to a global survey identified nine types of OPM landscapes, grouped into three regions, with their particular logic of investment in OPM and their particular PMO service mix. The framework helps practitioners set up their PMOs in line with established practices. Academics benefit from a base for theorizing organizational designs using OPM.”   #PMJ organizational project management, project management offices, organizational design, organizational design archetypes, PMO types

New paper #openaccess published “𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐝'𝐄𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭-𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬” by Maxim Miterev The paper is available here https://lnkd.in/df5bc_FP 𝐀𝐁𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓 “Why are certain organization design arrangements enacted in a project-based organization? Building on extant literature, this article addresses this fundamental question by explicating three distinct explanations of the raison d'etre of salient organization design arrangements: Functional, Legitimacy, and Agency. Conceiving these explanations as coexisting, interacting logics of organizing, the article argues to draw upon the powerful concept of logic multiplicity to pave the way for integrating diverse theoretical perspectives. Thus, the article contributes to the organization design stream of research in project studies by developing a typology of organization design logics and proposing a way forward for pursuing pluralistic theorizing.”   #PMJ #organizationaldesign #projectbasedorganization #projectorientedorganization #logicmultiplicity #projectmanagementoffice #portfolio #program #organizationalarchitecture #conceptual

New paper #openaccess published “𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨-𝐎𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬: 𝐀𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡” by Maude Brunet , Marie-Claude Petit, and Alejandro Romero-Torres, The paper is available here https://lnkd.in/dvTcZkJz 𝐀𝐁𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓 “Co-ownership of major projects increases organizational complexity but remains underexplored in project studies. This article examines these complexities, employing an engaged scholarship approach with a group of practitioners facing a significant challenge regarding collaborative governance of a major project. This approach enables us to develop a framework for major projects, which includes four types of collaborative governance mechanism: sensemaking, structural, procedural, and relational. Our work has implications for interorganizational design, suggesting that a project management office (PMO) could play a leadership and integrative role in collaborative governance.”   #PMJ #organizationaldesign #collaborativegovernance #majorprojects #engagedscholarship #coownership

New paper published “𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬—𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬” by Gro Holst Volden and Ole Jonny Klakegg The paper is available here https://lnkd.in/dgsn3Anj 𝐀𝐁𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓 “In this article, the authors draw on longitudinal research of the Norwegian governance framework for major public projects. The framework was introduced in the year 2000 and has developed from a hierarchical control regime toward a more holistic and relationship-based governance model. We show how this development relates to the evolving field of governance of projects. Although the impact of the framework is promising overall, we observe one area with considerable room for improvement: the ability to learn from previous projects. We discuss how to move on from here and implement effective learning cycles that draw on ex-post evaluations of completed projects.”   #PMJ #governanceofprojects #governanceframeworks #publicprojects #evaluation #learning

New paper published “𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬-𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬: 𝐀 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬” by Junwei Zheng, Rufeng Zhuo, Hongtao Xie, Guangdong Wu, and Xianbo Zhao The paper is available here https://lnkd.in/dXZ-bbt8 𝐀𝐁𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓 “This study deduces the empowerment alignment in project governance through examining the roles of (in)congruence between empowering leadership and psychological empowerment in informal leadership emergence, creativity, and performance outcomes. Using the data from 210 members from 69 cross-functional project teams, the results of polynomial regression and response surface analyses indicate that the high congruence between empowering leadership and perceived empowerment enhances informal leadership emergence, then promotes creativity to facilitate performance outcomes eventually. Informal leadership emerged under the insufficient empowerment condition with higher psychological empowerment rather than the excessive empowerment condition with higher empowering leadership. The study added to the project governance body of knowledge by confirming the promoting mechanism for project performance from the congruence perspective of leader-given and subordinate-perceived empowerment.”   #PMJ #congruence #empoweringleadership #psychologicalempowerment #leadershipemergence #projectperformance