TY - JOUR
T1 - Managing the intangible aspects of a project
T2 - The affect of vision, artifacts, and leader values on project spirit and success in technology-driven projects
AU - Aronson, Zvi H.
AU - Shenhar, Aaron J.
AU - Patanakul, Peerasit
PY - 2013/2
Y1 - 2013/2
N2 - Successful projects are often characterized by a unique spirit. Phase one results, based on 193 employees partaking in 60 projects across organizations, support a model positing that leader building activities affect employees' emotions, attitudes, and behavioral norms that are focused on expected project outcomes, termed project spirit. Spirit affects employees' contextual performance behavior, which in turn affects success as proposed. Phase two cases, designed to ground these results in technology-driven project contexts, highlight the value of managing the project's intangible aspects captured by spirit. Quantitative and qualitative findings imply that leaders can be coached to execute behaviors that generate a project's spirit, which boosts contextual performance behavior and increases project success.
AB - Successful projects are often characterized by a unique spirit. Phase one results, based on 193 employees partaking in 60 projects across organizations, support a model positing that leader building activities affect employees' emotions, attitudes, and behavioral norms that are focused on expected project outcomes, termed project spirit. Spirit affects employees' contextual performance behavior, which in turn affects success as proposed. Phase two cases, designed to ground these results in technology-driven project contexts, highlight the value of managing the project's intangible aspects captured by spirit. Quantitative and qualitative findings imply that leaders can be coached to execute behaviors that generate a project's spirit, which boosts contextual performance behavior and increases project success.
KW - contextual performance behavior
KW - culture
KW - project-based work
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U2 - 10.1002/pmj.21322
DO - 10.1002/pmj.21322
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84872708736
SN - 8756-9728
VL - 44
SP - 35
EP - 58
JO - Project Management Journal
JF - Project Management Journal
IS - 1
ER -