Research on projects has to a limited degree taken issue with how projects are chief
producers of meaning at work. We develop the concept of narrative capital as a basic …

This article develops a framework for applying organizational narrative theory to understand
project narratives that potentially perform and change the future. Project narratives are …

In this chapter we explore a domain of macroorganizational behavior that we believe
intensifies the complexities and tensions of life at work–that of projects, and how projects are …

It is contended that value is a social construct, and that the processes of social construction
are rooted in language. On this basis we argue that value creation is a process which lends …

Purpose–The purpose of the paper is to propose a framework for researching the
possibilities for project manager identities: the multiple ways there are of being a performer …

This book is a novel contribution to a field dominated by conventional approaches to project
management; it is about narratives in megaprojects. Among the questions examined in this …

Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in a US-based firm engaged in a large-scale
information system implementation project, this study presents an inductively developed …

Scientific interest in human beings' ability and propensity to construe reality through
narrative constructions has increased since the 1970s. Although narrative processes have …

The empirical study of this dissertation is informed by process theories. The collection of
empirical material and the analysis of it have spun around the following concepts …

It is project work that powers the building, maintenance, and resilience of communities and
enterprise. However, there is relatively limited exploration of the 'lived experience'of …