Project Management Journal

Papers
(The median citation count of Project Management Journal is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Facilitating Contextual Ambidexterity in a Global Operations Expansion Program105
Seven Insights Into Becoming an Engaged Project Scholar56
How Agile Working Increases Innovative Work Behavior: The Role of Psychological Empowerment and Communication Media50
Beyond Temporary Organizations: Trade Fairs as Temporary Markets, Clusters, and Community Gatherings42
Do Women Leaders Promote Social Sustainability? Exploring the Effect of Board Diversity on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Practices of Project-Based Organizations35
Horizontal-Leader Identification in Construction Project Teams in China: How Guanxi Impacts Coworkers’ Perceived Justice and Turnover Intentions32
Collective Mindfulness: The Key to Organizational Resilience in Megaprojects28
The Dark Side of Projects: Dimensionality, Research Methods, and Agenda28
Developing a Multidimensional Conception of Project Evaluation to Improve Projects27
Thank You to the Reviewers of Project Management Journal®25
Tensions in Digital Transformation: How Prototype Work Links the Temporary and the Permanent25
Corrigendum to A Multilevel Governance Model for Interorganizational Project Networks24
Leadership and the Recovery of Troubled IT Projects24
Lord of the Flies in Project-Based Organizations: The Role of Passive Leadership on Creativity and Project Success24
Agile Project Management and Emotional Exhaustion: A Moderated Mediation Process23
A Retrospective of Monique Aubry’s Contributions23
Raison d'Etre of Organization Design Arrangements in Project-Based Organizations22
From Information Technology Projects to Digital Transformation Programs: Research Pathways21
Top Ten Behavioral Biases in Project Management: An Overview20
The Effect of Public–Private Partnerships on Innovation in Infrastructure Delivery20
Toward a Multilevel Framework of Dynamic Capabilities Through the Lens of Project Management, Project Portfolio Management, and Project-Based Organizations19
Impact of Shared Leadership Quality on Agile Team Productivity and Project Results19
How Does Hierarchy Steepness Affect Coordination in Project-Based Organizations? A Social Network Analysis18
Governing Public–Private Partnerships of Sustainable Construction Projects in An Opportunistic Setting18
When Good Theories Backfire17
Strategies to Address Ethical Risks in Megaprojects: A Care Ethics Perspective17
On the Road to Digital Transformation: A Literature Review of IT Program Management17
Explaining Reverse Outcome Tight Control: A Case Study of Mindless/Mindful Governance17
How Inclusive Leadership Influences Voice Behavior in Construction Project Teams: A Social Identity Perspective16
The Dark Side of Projects: Uncovering Slavery, Corruption, Criminal Organizations, and Other Uncomfortable Topics15
Governance of Interorganizational Projects: A Process-Based Approach Applied to a Latin American–European Case15
Valuing Theory and Practice: Using a Portfolio Lens to Publish Research on Projects14
Gender Equality Interventions in Project-Based Organizations: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why14
Getting Past the Editor's Desk14
Documenting the Interactive Effects of Project Manager and Team-Level Communication Behaviors in Integrated Project Delivery Teams14
The Editorial Review Board of Project Management Journal®13
Project Management Journal® Special Issue on Project Behavior12
Servant Leadership and Project Success: Unleashing the Missing Links of Work Engagement, Project Work Withdrawal, and Project Identification12
Effects of Authentic Leadership, Behavioral Integrity, and Project Governance on Project Performance12
Prioritizing Stakeholders in Collaborative Research and Innovation Projects Toward Sustainability11
A Typology of Project Types and Processes Offering Flexibility for the Project Manager11
Improvisation in Turbulent Environments: An Exploratory Case Study of a Rescue Projects Organization11
Beyond Tech: The Human Element in Industry 5.0 Projects11
New Editors and a New Editor-in-Chief: Making the Manifesto a Reality11
The Impact of Team Mindfulness on Project Team Performance: The Moderating Role of Effective Team Leadership11
Investigating the Dynamics of Engineering Design Rework for a Complex Aircraft Development Project: Lessons Learned From a Soft Systems Thinking Lens11
The Dark Side of Environmental Sustainability in Projects: Unraveling Greenwashing Behaviors10
The Impact of Temporal Reflexivity on Time Performance in NPD Projects: A Mixed-Methods Study10
Governance and Creativity in Project-Based Organizations: Archetypes and Agenda for Future Research10
A Qualitative Analysis of Unethical Behaviors in Projects: Insight From Moral Psychology10
Alternative Approaches to Innovation Project Portfolio Governance10
Mixed-Methods Research for Project Management Journal®10
An Integrative Review of Project Portfolio Management Literature: Thematic Findings on Sustainability Mindset, Assessment, and Integration10
Modeling the Capabilities of High-Performing Project Management Offices in General Contracting Companies9
Who Is Shaping the Narrative? Unveiling Stakeholder Engagement Behavior in Megaprojects on Social Media9
Governance of Public Projects—Missing Out on Learning Opportunities9
Leveraging Organizational Social Capital in Construction Projects to Enhance Project Success: The Enabling Role of Transformational Leadership9
The Uniqueness of IT Cost Risk: A Cross-Group Comparison of 23 Project Types9
Organizational Entrainment of Project Launch in the Research Context of Chinese Real Estate Firms8
Index of 2021 Project Management Journal® Articles and Authors8
The Power(lessness) of Flexibility in Public–Private Partnerships: Two Capital Projects From the National Capital Region8
Philosophical Stances and Theoretical Perspectives in Submissions to Project Management Journal®8
Abolish, Accept, Apply: Coping With Ignorance in Project Ecologies8
Imperfections-as-Practice: Projects as Becoming Processes of Imperfections7
The Effect of Project Names on Escalation of Commitment in Information Systems Projects7
A Multilevel Governance Model for Interorganizational Project Networks7
The Long Tail of Conflicts in Innovation Projects: Conflicts and Their Impact on Strategic Renewal7
The Impact of Project Managers’ Psychological Resilience on Adaptive Performance: A Multilevel Model7
The Entwinement of Project and Information Technology Research Editorial7
Enabling Collaborative Research in Project Management by Creating Gioia Data Structures as a Boundary Object7
The Effects of Transformational and Adaptive Leadership on Dynamic Capabilities: Digital Transformation Projects7
Understanding the Phoenix Phenomenon: Can a Project Be Both a Failure and a Success?7
Vanguard Projects as Intermediation Spaces in Sustainability Transitions6
A Balancing Act of Leadership: The Practice of Shaping the Direction of a Project Portfolio6
Project Studies: Embeddedness in Field and Theory 6
What is Agile Project Management? Developing a New Definition Following a Systematic Literature Review6
Value Creation in Project Human Resources by Integrating Training and Allocation Decisions6
Experimental Networks: A Missing Link in Facilitating Systemic Transitions Through Projects?6
The Role of Early Contractor Involvement in Facilitating Exploration and Exploitation of Innovations in Megaprojects6
An Effective Earned Value Management System (EVMS) is a Team Sport6
Understanding the Dark Side of Power in Project Dispute Negotiation Settlement6
Beyond Failure and Success: A Process View on Imperfect Projects as Common Practice6
Validation of a New Project Resilience Scale in the IT Sector5
How Responsible Leadership Improves Stakeholder Collective Performance in Construction Projects: The Empirical Research from China5
It Takes Two to Tango: The Interactive Effect of Project Portfolio Management Offices and Voice Behavior on Project Portfolio Management Quality and Business Success5
Bridging Knowledge Management and Capabilities in Innovative Projects: An Integrative Framework5
Project Management Office Typologies, Types, and Functions: A Systematic Analysis of the Literature and Directions for Research5
Governance, Social Acceptability, and Organizational Learning in Public Infrastructure Projects4
Managing Finances in Scaled Agile Transformations: Insights from A Case Study of a German Automotive Manufacturer4
How to Write a Literature Review Article in Project Management Journal ® : A Review of Reviews4
The Four Coordination Roles of Clients When Designing Megaproject Organizations4
Thank You to the Reviewers of Project Management Journal®4
Practitioner Application of Ethics in Ethical Decision-Making Within Projects: A Process Theory View4
Program Management Within Digital Transformation: The Emerging Importance Of Technology Architecture, Product Management, and Human Capital Transformation4
How Servant Leadership Drives Project Team Performance Through Collaborative Culture and Knowledge Sharing4
Social Sustainability in Projects: Using Social Procurement to Create Employment in the Swedish Construction Sector4
Interteam Learning in Multiteam New Product Development Programs4
Toward a Deeper Understanding of Optimism Bias and Transport Project Cost Overrun4
Project Management and Innovation: On Projectification, Lineages, and Beyond4
Project-Based Organizations’ Pursuit of Production Efficiency and Legitimate Power: An Institutional Perspective4
Exploring Sustainable Operations Management in Major Infrastructure Projects: The Case of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge4
Knowledge-Oriented Leadership, Team Cohesion, and Project Success: A Conditional Mechanism3
How Power Influences Behavior in Projects: A Theory of Planned Behavior Perspective3
The Editorial Review Board of Project Management Journal®3
How Did the Imperfection of an Innovation Project Come About? The Tension Between Legitimacy and Flexibility3
AI for Management and Organization Research: Examples and Reflections from Project Studies3
Coordinating Lifesaving Product Development Projects with no Preestablished Organizational Governance Structure3
Governance Through Trust: Community Engagement in an Australian City Rebuilding Precinct3
Digital Technologies in Built Environment Projects: Review and Future Directions3
Definitely Not a Walk in the Park: Coping with Competing Values in Complex Project Networks3
Principles in Project Portfolio Management: Building Upon What We Know to Prepare for the Future3
The Impacts on Interorganizational Project Coordination: A Multiple Case Study on Large Railway Projects3
21st-Century General-Purpose Technologies and the Future of Project Management3
Special Issue: Project Governance: Reflections on the Past and Suggestions for the Future3
“Can’t Remember What I Forgot:” Investigating Organizational Forgetting Within a Project-Based Organization3
The Relationship Between Uncertainty and Task Execution Strategies in Project Management3
Ecologies of Temporary Organizations3
The Editorial Review Board of Project Management Journal®3
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