• A theory framework for balancing vertical and horizontal leadership in projects 

      Müller, Ralf; Sankaran, Shankar; Drouin, Nathalie; Vaagaasar, Anne Live; Bekker, Michiel C.; Jain, Karuna (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      This paper develops a framework for understanding the interaction between person-centered leadership by project managers (a.k.a. vertical leadership (VLS)) and team-centered leadership by individuals in the project team ...
    • Balancing leadership in projects: Role of the socio-cognitive space 

      Drouin, Nathalie; Müller, Ralf Josef; Sankaran, Shankar; Vaagaasar, Anne Live (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Balanced leadership has emerged as a contemporary theory of the dynamics in the continuous transfer of leadership authority between project managers and team members in projects. This article addresses the cognitive ...
    • Balancing vertical and horizontal leadership in projects: Empirical studies from Australia, Canada, Norway and Sweden 

      Drouin, Nathalie; Müller, Ralf; Sankaran, Shankar; Vaagaasar, Anne Live (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: to identify how horizontal leaders (within project teams) execute their leadership task in the context of balanced leadership; and to pinpoint scenarios that can occur when ...
    • Climbing to the top: Personal life stories on becoming megaproject leaders 

      van Marrewijk, Alfons; Sankaran, Shankar; Drouin, Nathalie; Müller, Ralf Josef (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      This paper captures a better understanding of the career development of people leading megaprojects through the use of biographical research method. The characteristics of megaprojects cause serious and diverse challenges ...
    • Creating a ‘ sustainability sublime ’ to enable megaprojects to meet the United Nations sustainable development goals 

      Sankaran, Shankar; Müller, Ralf Josef; Drouin, Nathalie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Despite cost and schedule overruns and benefits shortfalls, megaprojects (which are large-scale projects that typically cost over a billion dollars and take years to develop and build) continue to be promoted and built ...
    • Energy justice issues in renewable energy megaprojects: implications for a socioeconomic evaluation of megaprojects 

      Sankaran, Shankar; Clegg, Stewart Roger; Müller, Ralf Josef; Drouin, Nathalie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Global responses to sustainable development programs that are aimed at tackling climate change have a heightened necessity in the wake of Covid-19 and its impact on vulnerable populations. The UN Sustainable Development ...
    • Governance of Interorganizational Project Networks 

      Müller, Ralf Josef; Alonderienė, Raimonda; Chmieliauskas, Alfredas; Drouin, Nathalie; Minelgaite, Inga; Pilkienė, Margarita; Šimkonis, Saulius; Unterhitzenberger, Christine; Vaagaasar, Anne Live; Wang, Linzhuo; Zhu, Fangwei (Research report, 2022)
    • Investigating collaboration in project management research: using action research as a meta-methodology 

      Sankaran, Shankar; Müller, Ralf Josef; Drouin, Nathalie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Purpose The purpose of this article is to investigate collaboration in project management research. Although the literature shows an increase in collaboration between scientists and social scientists for various reasons, ...
    • A Manifesto for project management research 

      Locatelli, Giorgio; Ika, Lavagnon; Drouin, Nathalie; Müller, Ralf Josef; Huemann, Martina; Söderlund, Jonas; Geraldi, Joana; Clegg, Stewart (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Project management research has evolved over the past five decades and is now a mature disciplinary field investigating phenomena of interest to academics, practitioners and policymakers. Studies of projects and project ...
    • A (meta)governance framework for multi-level governance of inter-organizational project networks 

      Müller, Ralf Josef; Aix-Séguin, Charlotte; Alonderien, Raimonda; Bourgault, Mario; Chmieliauskas, Alfredas; Drouin, Nathalie; Ke, Yongjian; Minelgaite, Inga; Pilkienė, Margarita; Šimkonis, Saulius; Unterhitzenberger, Christine; Vaagaasar, Anne Live; Wang, Linzhuo; Zhu, Fangwei (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Little is known about the governance of inter-organizational networks for projects. This study empirically develops a theoretical framework for this, using twenty-eight project networks as case studies, applying 124 ...
    • Modeling Organizational Project Management 

      Müller, Ralf Josef; Drouin, Nathalie; Sankaran, Shankar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      The contemporary discourse on organizational project management (OPM) complements project, program, and portfolio management with emerging elements, such as governance, projectification, the project management office (PMO), ...
    • A Multilevel Governance Model for Interorganizational Project Networks 

      Unterhitzenberger, Christine; Müller, Ralf Josef; Vaagaasar, Anne Live; Ke, Yongjian; Alonderienė, Raimonda; Minelgaite, Inga; Pilkienė, Margarita; Wang, Linzhuo; Zhu, Fangwei; Drouin, Nathalie; Chmieliauskas, Alfredas; Šimkonis, Saulius; Mongeon, Mylene (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      This study operationalizes and tests a multilevel governance model for interorganizational project networks. Results of a qualitative multicase study are used to develop a framework model with three levels of governance, ...