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Project leadership revisited: towards distributed leadership perspectives in project research

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  • Monica Lindgren
  • Johann Packendorff

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While project management research in general has become a rapidly expanding field during past decades, scientific inquiry into project leadership has not been a major issue. The extant literature on project leadership also does not make much use of the current developments in leadership research in general – not even those appearing as suitable, such as distributed leadership perspectives. The aim of the paper is threefold: (1) to review the existing research literature on project leadership, (2) to summarise and discuss this research and (3) to make some notes towards a new research agenda built on the current debate in leadership studies on distributed leadership perspectives. Current project leadership research is found to focus exclusively on individuals and their leadership competencies rather than the leadership practices in project settings and does not fully use the perspectives in current leadership research. We then outline a distributed leadership perspective on project leadership research, including the practical consequences of such an ideal and the basic assumptions for future research.

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  • Monica Lindgren & Johann Packendorff, 2009. "Project leadership revisited: towards distributed leadership perspectives in project research," International Journal of Project Organisation and Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 1(3), pages 285-308.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijpoma:v:1:y:2009:i:3:p:285-308
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    1. Syed Muhammad Javed Iqbal, Muhammad Shahid Nawaz, Sulaman Hafeez Siddiqui, Muhammad Kashif Imran, 2019. "Does Project Teamwork Matter? Investigating the Relationship between Transformational Leadership and Project Success," Journal of Management Sciences, Geist Science, Iqra University, Faculty of Business Administration, vol. 6(1), pages 79-95, March.
    2. Ettl, Kerstin & Welter, Friederike & Achtenhagen, Leona, 2016. ""Das 21. Jahrhundert ist weiblich": Unternehmerinnen in der Presse," IfM-Materialien 249, Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn.
    3. Aga, Deribe Assefa, 2016. "Factors affecting the success of development projects : A behavioral perspective," Other publications TiSEM 867ae95e-d53d-4a68-ad46-6, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
    4. An, Nan & Qiang, Maoshan & Wen, Qi & Jiang, Hanchen & Xia, Bingqing, 2019. "Contribution of project managers’ capability to project ending performance under stressful conditions," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 37(2), pages 198-209.
    5. Dima, Alina Mihaela & Vasilache, Simona & Agoston, Simona & Ghinea, Valentina & Stamule, Tanase, 2011. "Leadership Challenges In Today’s Academia," MPRA Paper 35019, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    6. Soni, Vivek & Gnekpe, Christian & Roux, Mélanie & Anand, Rashmi & Vann Yaroson, Emilia & Kumar Banwet, Devinder, 2023. "Adaptive distributed leadership and circular economy adoption by emerging SMEs," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 156(C).

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