Designs, methods and practices for research of project management

XXX, 489 S.

Ill., graph. Darst.

25 cm

Enth. 38 Beitr.

About the contributorsForeword -- Foundation issues -- Project management research : addressing integrative challenges / Harvey Maylor and Jonas Söderlund -- Project management research : social dimensions and organizational context / Michael Young -- The paradigm as steering mechanism for new research endeavors / Thomas Biedenbach -- Finding a way in Broceliande forest : the magic domain of project management research / Christophe N. Bredillet -- Ontology and epistemology / Ole Jonny Klakegg -- The praxeology of applied research in auto-ethnographical research settings : a case study of a radical learning journey / Louis Klein and Christian A.P. Weiland -- Focusing your research effort -- Research methods and success meaning in project management / Rogerio T.O. Lacerda, Leonardo Ensslin, Sandra R. Ensslin -- The constructive research approach : problem solving for complex projects / Liisa Lehtiranta, Juha-Matti Junnonen, Sami Kärnä and Laura Pekuri -- Novel or incremental contributions: the construction of research questions / Markus Hällgren) -- Moving from hunches to a research topic : salient literature and research methods / Beverley Lloyd-Walker and Derek Walker -- Moving from "hunches" to an interesting research topic : defining the research topic / Derek Walker and Beverley Lloyd-Walker -- Ethical considerations in project management research / Haukur Ingi Jonasson and Helgi Thor Ingason -- Developing a critical literature review for project management research / Michael Tong and Craig Thomson -- Specific data collection and analysis techniques -- Critical engagement of previous research / Steven Nijhuis -- Interview methods for PM research / Miles Shepherd -- Considering case studies in project management / Blaize Reich -- Linking theory and practice in using action-oriented methods / Shankar Sankaran and Bob Dick -- Dual cycle action research : a doctor of project management (DPM) research case study / Kersti Nogeste -- An agile approach to the real experience of developing research methodology and methods / Hany Wells and Hedley Smyth -- Giving voice to the project management practitioner / Mano Nugapitiya, Spike Boydell and Patrick Healy -- Entre or not : how to gain and sustain access to research sites / Jill Owen, Chivonne Algeo and James Connor -- Examples of mixed methods strategies -- Mixed methods research in project management / Roslyn Cameron and Shankar Sankaran -- The value of mixed methods / Janice Thomas and Stella George -- Managing research in large collaborative teams / Stella George and Janice Thomas -- Applying mixed methods for researching project management in engineering projects / Marian Bosch-Rekveldt -- Importance of sequencing in mixed methods research design / Beverly Pasian -- An empirical research method strategy for construction consulting services projects / Li Yongkui, Yang Qing, He Qinghua -- Unique environments for project management research -- A practical research method : the netlipse case study / Pau Lian Staal-Org and Eddy Westerveld -- Using multi-case approaches in project management research : the mega project experience / Naomi Brookes, Robert Hickey, Paul Littau, Giorgio Locatelli and Gloria Oliomogbe -- PM research in post-conflict societies : challenges and complexities identified in Kosovo / James Earnest and Carolyn Dickie -- Complexities of oil and gas exploration in the Middle East / Larry Monteilh -- Writing for a future researcher -- Studying relationships in project management through social network analysis / Deborah Gibbons and Roxanne Zolin -- Social network analysis applied to project management / Nigel Williams, Nicole Ferdinand and Robin Croft -- The electronic portfolio : a research enabler / Tracey Richardson -- Benefitting from experience : supervisors and publications -- The voice of experience : an interview with Lynn Crawford -- Supervisors and their sociological (and sometimes seemingly illogical) imagination / Spike Boydell -- Common flaws in project management research reports / Gilbert Silvius -- Publish or perish? : transforming your thesis into a tangible product / Darren Dalcher.

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