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Providing structural openness to connect with context : Seeing the project entity as a human activity system and social process

Small, Jocelyn; Walker, Derek - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 4 (2011) 3, pp. 389-411

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to emphasise projects as being part of a social process. It aims to move away from the traditional views that lay emphases on linear and predictable models of project practice to one that better highlights the complex nature of human interrelations....

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Providing structural openness to connect with context : seeing the project entity as a human activity system and social process

Small, Jocelyn; Walker, Derek - In: International journal of managing projects in business 4 (2011) 3, pp. 389-411

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009247119

The emergent realities of project praxis in socially complex project environments

Small, Jocelyn; Walker, Derek - In: International journal of managing projects in business 3 (2010) 1, pp. 147-156

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The impact of social power and influence on the implementation of innovation strategies : a case study of a UK mega infrastructure construction project

Badi, Sulafa; Rocher, Winston; Ochieng, Edward - In: European management journal 38 (2020) 5, pp. 736-749

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Reconceptualization of absorptive capacity as potential and realized absorptive capacity for project-based organizations

Singh, Alok Kumar; Jain, Nikunj Kumar; Sharma, Mohita … - In: International journal of project management : the … 41 (2023) 2, pp. 1-11

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Information systems development: a normalisation process theory perspective

Sooklal, Rohan; Papadopoulos, Thanos; Ojiako, Udechukwu - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 111 (2011) 8, pp. 1270-1286

Purpose – This paper utilises a case study to discuss the applicability of normalisation process theory (NPT) as an alternative lens in understanding how social processes impact on the information systems development (ISD) process. Design/methodology/approach – The research was undertaken at...

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Training employees to work in the Mid East safely

Avitabile, Louis; Kleiner, Brian H. - In: Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal 9 (2002) 1, pp. 46-55

Offers some direction to the potential expatriate employee destined for any Middle Eastern country. Addresses issues such as personal safety and that of any accompanying family in addition to advice on moving and settling in. Gives details of support and help that can be employed. Concludes that...

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Perceived organizational support and the cross‐cultural adjustment of expatriates in the UAE

Bashir, Syed - In: Education, Business and Society: Contemporary Middle … 5 (2012) 1, pp. 63-82

, organizations employing expatriates can improve expatriate retention by providing expatriate employees with support aimed at … expatriates' cross‐cultural adjustment that includes work, general and interaction adjustment. Practical implications – This study … is a synthesizing research that examines the relationship between organisational support and expatriates' cross …

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Expats and citizens: managing diverse teams in the Middle East

Forstenlechner, Ingo - In: Team Performance Management: An International Journal 16 (2010) 5/6, pp. 237-241

setting of labour markets in the Arabian Gulf as the basis for the understanding the relationship between expatriates and the …

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The role of family considerations in an expatriate majority environment

Schoepp, Kevin; Forstenlechner, Ingo - In: Team Performance Management: An International Journal 16 (2010) 5/6, pp. 309-323

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to add to knowledge on the environment of self‐initiated expatriates and the … different to that of previous research, one where expatriates are outnumbering citizens four to one. Further, the paper aims to … environment. Design/methodology/approach – The analysis is based on survey data obtained from 364 self‐initiated expatriates …

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