... articles were retained for qualitative synthesis. The analysis combined thematic coding with bibliometric keyword co-occurrence mapping to enhance analytical rigor. Findings The review identifies five interrelated themes: (1) trust and communication, (2) motivation and psychological safety, (3...

... analyses a model comprising four latent variables and explores how three specific constructs – communication and change management (COM), project documentation supervision (PRS), and quality of technical specifications in the tender documentation (QTS) – contribute to construction project success (SPR...

...Ashok Rehan; David Thorpe; Amirhossein Heravi Purpose The study examines the project success factors for leadership behavioural practices and communication impacting project success, providing empirical evidence to address the challenges in the digitalized environment in the Australian...

...Eder Junior Alves; Carlos Alberto Gonçalves Purpose The purpose of this study is to present an empirical framework for changes, communication and team restructuring developed through a substantive theory that defines the relationships between Agile adoption and organizational strategies...

...Josivan Leite Alves; Jeniffer de Nadae; Marly Monteiro de Carvalho Purpose This study aims to explore the moderating effect of communication barriers (CBs) on the relationship between knowledge sharing barriers (KSBs) and knowledge management (KM), considering the two enablers, technology...

... in this paper: technical uncertainties and uncertainty in goals and deliverables, both have an impact on the performance of IT-enabled change projects. It also highlights key project management approaches such as the use of an adaptive management approach and good communication as key to managing complexity...

... of materiality, teleology, and complexity, decision-making theory, communication theory, coordination theory, and qualitative, quantitative and participatory approaches are used in this paper. Findings To understand complexity, it is necessary to develop a material-systemic process approach...

..., relationships, communication, going-with and trust, support each other and the entire project marketing activity. As a contribution to theory, the authors have identified the practices adopted by contractors in project-based industries to market their competencies to clients to win new work and maintain...

...Paul Ziek; J. Dwight Anderson Purpose – Project communication is overwhelmingly viewed as the proper and timely delivery of pertinent project information. The view of communication in this way misses the constitutive nature of communication. Communication is more than message exchange but a way...

...Stephen Fox; Stefan Grösser Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to inform information and communication design (ICD) for multi-national projects through the presentation of an example that does not rely on expensive expertise in graphic design. Design/methodology/approach – Action...

... information is presented, by reviewing the concepts of systemic view and autopoiesis. Then the notion of communication is described focusing on Niklas Luhmann's theory on communication in social autopoietic systems. After that follows an illustration of the concept of technical complexity in projects. Next...

...Markus Hällgren; Marcus Lindahl; Tina Karrbom Gustavsson; Hayar Gohary Purpose Traditional construction project practice has been based on rigid and impermeable boundaries that have made communication, cooperation and integration a major challenge. However, new collaborative approaches have been...

... environment is mediated by a model of this environment that is embedded in the communications between project participants. The adequacy of this model to the causal texture of the environment inspired a first, epistemological, dimension for characterizing events: event predictability. The nature...

...Mattias Jacobsson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the collaborative aspects of the communication practice and illustrate the importance of role‐related liaison devices for coordination in a project setting. Design/methodology/approach A case study was made of a large Swedish...

...Jan Terje Karlsen Purpose The paper aims to investigate the communication of uncertainty information and knowledge between the project manager, owner and steering group. The purpose of the project is to identify the effects of project owner and steering group involvement in the process...

... organisations develop a risk management culture. Practical implications In the increasingly emotional and regulated business environment, effective risk management has become a basic necessity for every organisation, as has the ability to communicate effectively with external stakeholders about risk...

...Stephen Fox Purpose The purpose of this paper is to inform information and communication design for multi‐disciplinary multi‐national projects through the presentation of examples and recommendations based on lessons learned. Design/methodology/approach Experiences from action research...