Pluralism in project management: navigating the crossroads of specialization and fragmentation

J Söderlund - International journal of management reviews, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Project management is a rapidly expanding subfield of management and organization
studies. This paper seeks to make sense of this development and the current state of project …

On the broadening scope of the research on projects: a review and a model for analysis

J Söderlund - International journal of project management, 2004 - Elsevier
In recent years, we have witnessed an increased interest in the research on projects and
project management. The aim of this article is to review, classify and analyze the recent …

Sustainability as a new school of thought in project management

G Silvius - Journal of cleaner production, 2017 - Elsevier
Sustainability is one of the most important challenges of our time. It is recognized that
projects play a pivotal role in the realization of more sustainable business practices and a …

An empirical investigation into different stakeholder groups perception of project success

K Davis - International Journal of Project Management, 2017 - Elsevier
Organizations use projects to manage customized, one-off events across a wide range of
functions. Project management is an essential operational tool and process that is utilized to …

Building theories of project management: past research, questions for the future

J Söderlund - International journal of project management, 2004 - Elsevier
Project management has long been considered as an academic field for planning-oriented
techniques and, in many respects, an application of engineering science and optimization …

Project‐as‐practice: In search of project management research that matters

T Blomquist, M Hällgren, A Nilsson… - Project management …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Research on projects is not only an immature field of research, but it is also insubstantial
when it comes to understanding what occurs in projects. This article contributes to making …

Assessing and moving on from the dominant project management discourse in the light of project overruns

T Williams - IEEE Transactions on engineering management, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There has been much prescriptive work in project management, exemplified in various"
Bodies of Knowledge". However, experience shows some projects overspending …

The changing paradigms of project management

J Pollack - International journal of project management, 2007 - Elsevier
This paper examines the academic literature on Project Management in relation to the hard
and soft paradigms, two broad tendencies for thought and action that have had considerable …

Towards sustainable infrastructure development through integrated contracts: Experiences with inclusiveness in Dutch infrastructure projects

S Lenferink, T Tillema, J Arts - International journal of project management, 2013 - Elsevier
Current complex society necessitates finding inclusive arrangements for delivering
sustainable road infrastructure integrating design, construction and maintenance stages of …

Analyzing project management research: Perspectives from top management journals

YH Kwak, FT Anbari - International journal of project management, 2009 - Elsevier
This paper examines project management research from the perspective of its relationship
to allied disciplines in the management field and provides a view of the progress of project …