The Psychology and Management of Project Teams

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Автор: François Chiocchio; E. Kevin Kelloway; Brian Hobbs

Название: The Psychology and Management of Project Teams

Язык: English

Издательство: New York: Oxford University Press

Год: 2015

Формат: pdf

Размер: 11,2 mb

Страниц: 552

Organizations today are increasingly using projects in their daily activities. Projects and project-management principles frame goal attainment in academia and many business sectors, and they even serve as theoretical footing for organizational-change endeavors. However, the ubiquity of project management does not mean that project work, project teams, and the ways organizations use projects are well understood. Moreover, while project-management theory and practice aim at providing structure and control to enable successful project completion, an alarmingly high percentage of projects struggle or fail.

As the authors of The Psychology and Management of Project Teams explain, this is in part because projects are still mostly managed as technical systems rather than behavioral systems. Even though project-management researchers have become increasingly interested in factors that may have an impact on project-management effectiveness, their efforts fall short of addressing the "human factor." And, unfortunately, many project-management scholars are largely unaware of the I/O psychology literature--relying, for example, on outdated models of motivation and team development. On the other side, I/O psychologists who research groups and teams often ignore the contextual influences--such as business sector, project type, placement in the organizational hierarchy, and project phase and maturity--that have a crucial impact on how a project will unfold.

In this volume, a cross-disciplinary set of editors will bring together perspectives from leading I/O psychology and project-management scholars. The volume will include comprehensive coverage of team selection, development, learning, motivation, and communication; conflict management and well-being; leadership; diversity; performance from a multi-level perspective; and career development. In the concluding chapter, a research agenda will provide a roadmap for an integrated approach to the study of project teams.

List of Contributors vii

1. The Importance of Project Teams and the Need for an Interdisciplinary Perspective—BRIAN HOBBS, FRANÇOIS CHIOCCHIO, AND E. KEVIN KELLOWAY 1

2. The Specifics of Project Contexts—BRIAN HOBBS 16

3. Defining Project Teams: A Review of Conceptual Underpinnings—François CHIOCCHIO 40

4. Project Based Organizations: What Are They?—JONAS Söderlund 74

5. Contextual Issues in Project Performance: A Multilevel Perspective—John E. Mathieu, Lauren d'Innocenzo, AND MICHAEL R. KUKENBERGER 101

6. Leadership and Project Teams—Alyson Byrne and JULIAN BARLING 137

7. Motivating Project Teams Through Goal Setting, Team Members’ Goal Orientation, and a Coach’s Regulatory Focus—CHRISTINA SUE-CHAN, KAZEM RASSOULI, AND GARY P. LATHAM 164

8. Identification and Commitment in Project Teams—Isabelle Tremblay, Helen Lee, FRANÇOIS CHIOCCHIO, AND JOHN P. MEYER 189

9. Conflict in Project Teams—Frank R. C. de Wit 213

10. Bullying in Project Teams—Catherine Loughlin and LINDSAY BRYSON 238

11. Occupational Health in Project Teams: Considerations for Employee Well-Being—Patrick A. Horsman and E. KEVIN KELLOWAY 271

12. Team Composition and Performance: Considering the Project-Team Challenge—Natalie J. Allen and Thomas O’neill 301

13. Functional Diversity in Project Teams: Working Across Boundaries—SUJIN K. Horwitz 329

14. Multicultural Diversity and Communication in the Project Context—LAURE E. PITFIELD, ALEKA M. MACLELLAN, AND E. KEVIN KELLOWAY 363

15. Virtual Project Teams—Michael Beyerlein, Ambika Prasad, JON CORDAS, AND PRIYANKA BRUÑESE 393

16. The Development of Project Teams—marina pearce, CHARLOTTE L. POWERS, AND STEVE W. J. KOZLOWSKI 423

17. Learning in Project Teams—William S. Kramer, NASTASSIA SAVAGE, AND EDUARDO SALAS 457

18. The Future of Project Teams: An Integrated Functional Modal and Research Agenda — François CHIOCCHIO, E. KEVIN KELLOWAY AND BRIAN HOBBS 479

Index 509