Blar i BI Open på forfatter "Müller, Ralf"

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    • A Relational Typology of Project Management Offices 

      Müller, Ralf; Glückler, Johannes; Aubry, Monique (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      This explorative paper develops a relational typology of PMOs based on their roles with stakeholders. A multi-case study was used to identify these roles PMOs in multiple-PMO settings. A three dimensional role space allows ...

    • 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 ...

    • Absorptive, innovative and adaptive capabilities and their impact on project and project portfolio performance 

      Biedenbach, Thomas; Müller, Ralf (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      This study explores how absorptive, innovative and adaptive capabilities within early project phases affect project and portfolio performance in pharmaceutical and biotechnology R&D organizations. A sequential qualitative ...

    • 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 ...

    • Empowerment: The key to horizontal leadership in project teams 

      Yu, Miao; Vaagaasar, Anne Live; Müller, Ralf; Wang, Linzhuo; Zhu, Fangwei (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Leadership in projects can shift between the project manager (a.k.a. vertical leadership) and one or more team members (a.k.a. horizontal leadership). Our study examines the processes, dimensions, and conditions for ...

    • Exploring PMOs Through Community of Practice Theory 

      Aubry, Monique; Müller, Ralf; Glückler, Johannes (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      This article explores project management offices (PMOs) through community of practice theory. Preliminary results from a national health care case study are used to confirm the legitimacy of this approach. Today’s ...

    • Governance and Ethics in Temporary Organizations: The Mediating Role of Corporate Governance 

      Müller, Ralf; Turner, Rodney J.; Andersen, Erling S.; Shao, Jingting; Kvalnes, Øyvind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      The impact of multilevel level governance on the frequency of ethical issues in temporary organizations (TOs) is investigated. A structural equation model, based on a global survey, showed that behavior control, as a ...

    • Governance and governmentality in projects: Profiles and relationships with success 

      Müller, Ralf; Zhai, Li; Wang, Anyu (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      This study investigates the role of governance and governmentality in project and organizational success. Results from 121 responses to a worldwide survey provided for profiling of different governance and governmentality ...

    • Horizontal-Leader Identification in Construction Project Teams in China: How Guanxi Impacts Coworkers’ Perceived Justice and Turnover Intentions 

      Li, Ling; Müller, Ralf; Liu, Bingsheng; Wang, Qi; Wu, Guobin; Zhou, Shixiang (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Based on social comparison theory and organizational justice, this research explores how Guanxi with the horizontal leader (HL) influences coworker turnover intention. We used the snowball sampling method to collect survey ...

    • Maximizing strategic value from megaprojects: The influence of information-feed on decision-making by the project manager 

      Müller, Ralf; Eweje, John; Turner, Rodney (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Large projects are notorious for erosion of value during execution. Decisions made by project managers have a significant impact on the strategic value of the asset delivered, and those decisions depend on the information ...

    • Measuring program success 

      Shao, Jingting; Müller, Ralf; Turner, Rodney J. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Growth in the use of programs has led to a requirement of understanding what constitute program success. A measurement construct for program success, which comprises four dimensions, namely, delivery capability, organizational ...

    • Practopoietic lens to conceptualize temporary organizing 

      Dwivedula, Ravikiran; Bredillet, Christophe N.; Müller, Ralf (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      The purpose of this paper is to conceptualize temporary organizing as a practopoietic system. We critically review the current conceptualizations of projects; from the traditional project management perspective, and the ...

    • Project Control Mechanisms in Non-Project-Based Organizations in Asia 

      Gyawali, P; Tao, Y; Müller, Ralf (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Projects play a key role in implementing strategy. Organizations of all kinds implement projects. As the importance of the projects grow, their monitoring and controlling becomes crucial for strategy achievement. However, ...

    • Relationships between Leadership and Success in Different Types of Project Complexities 

      Müller, Ralf; Geraldi, Joana; Turner, Rodney J. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      We investigate the moderating effect of project complexity on the relationship between leadership competences of project managers and their success in projects. Building on existing studies in leadership and project ...

    • The governance of horizontal leadership in projects 

      Pilkienė, Margarita; Alonderienė, Raimonda; Chmieliauskas, Alfredas; Šimkonis, Saulius; Müller, Ralf (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Using the framework of balanced leadership in projects, we explore how horizontal leadership is governed. Previous research in project governance has focused on control and trust as the main mechanisms of governance. We ...

    • The governance of knowledge in project-based organizations 

      Pemsel, Sofia; Müller, Ralf (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      This research investigates patterns of knowledge governance practices in project-based organizations (PBOs). Five propositions about knowledge governance in PBOs were deductively and empirically tested using qualitative ...

    • The identification of temporary horizontal leaders in projects: The case of China 

      Müller, Ralf; Zhu, Fangwei; Sun, Xiuxia; Wang, Linzhuo; Yu, Miao (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Balanced leadership in projects describes the dynamic transition of leadership authority between the project manager and one or more team members. Within this concept, the present study investigates the context, criteria, ...

    • The Interrelationship of Governance,Trust, and Ethics in Temporary Organizations 

      Müller, Ralf; Andersen, Erling S.; Kvalnes, Øyvind; Shao, Jingting; Sankaran, Shankar; Turner, Rodney; Biesenthal, Christopher; Walker, Derek H.T.; Gudergan, Siegfried (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      This study investigates the variety of ethical decisions of project managers and their impact from corporate governance and project governance structures. The roles of personal trust and system trust as a mechanism to steer ...

    • The Relationship between Project Governance and Project Success 

      Joslin, Robert; Müller, Ralf (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      This study looks at the relationship between project governance and project success from an Agency Theory and Stewardship Theory perspective. For that project governance was operationalized respectively as a) the extent ...

    • The Role of Philosophy in Project Management: Guest Editorial 

      Müller, Ralf (Journal article, 2016)