• 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 ...
    • Advancing Theory and Debate in Project Studies 

      Geraldi, Joana; Söderlund, Jonas; van Marrewijk, Alfons (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
    • The Challenges of Implementing Temporal Shifts in Temporary Organizations: Implications of a Situated Temporal View 

      Vaagaasar, Anne Live; Hernes, Tor Øystein; Dille, Therese (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      We apply a situated temporal view to reveal the acute challenge actors face in making changes when their project moves toward its final deadline. A situated temporal view takes account not just of the dwindling time left ...
    • Collaborative Project Delivery Models and the Role of Routines in Institutionalizing Partnering 

      Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth; Swärd, Anna (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      It is widely held that collaborative project delivery models, such as partnering, represent a key means of improving construction project performance. Institutionalizing these models in practice, however, is not straightforward. ...
    • Collective Mindfulness: The Key to Organizational Resilience in Megaprojects 

      Wang, Linzhuo; Müller, Ralf Josef; Zhu, Fangwei; Yang, Xiaotian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      The complexity, internal and external risks, and significant social impact of megaprojects make their organizational resilience particularly important. To survive potential adversities, megaproject organizational resilience ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • A Method for Risk Response Planning in Project Portfolio Management 

      Ahmadi-Javid, Amir; Fateminia, Seyed Hamed; Gemünden, Hans Georg (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      To improve the effectiveness of project portfolio risk management, a portfolio-wide approach is required. Implementing a proactive strategy, this article presents a method based on mathematical optimization to select an ...
    • 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), ...
    • Project Lineage Management and Project Portfolio Success 

      Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Project portfolio approaches consider various concurrent project interdependencies but typically neglect longitudinal interdependencies. These are important for exploratory projects, which create strategic options. If these ...
    • 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 ...