Project governance and its role in enabling organizational strategy implementation: A systematic literature review

Musawir, Ata Ul; Abd-Karim, Saipol Bari; Mohd-Danuri, Mohd Suhaimi

doi:10.1016/j.ijproman.2019.09.007

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“…rough literature review, all of the 11 clusters can be summarized into 9 topics: (1) conceptual framework (Cluster #0 and #4), (2) public projects (Cluster #1), (3) governance structure (Cluster #2), (4) governance context (Cluster #3), (5) megaproject governance (Cluster #5 and #7), (6) contractual and relational governance (Cluster #6), (7) sustainability (Cluster #8), (8) portfolio governance (Cluster #9), and (9) project success (Cluster #10). ese results are consistent with those of previous studies [21,22,49].…”

Section: Analysis Of Cocitation Clusterssupporting

confidence: 93%

“…Among those, almost half of them were published in three highly influential project research journals, which were International Journal of Project Management (50 records), Project Management Journal (19 records), and International Journal of Managing Projects in Business (16 records). e result is consistent with those of previous studies indicating that the main project management journals published most PG studies [18,22].…”

Section: Data Collectionsupporting

confidence: 92%

“…Second, in line with the search strategies of Ahola et al [18] and ul Musawir et al [22], a search query was conducted in the three key journals again with the term "governance" in the title, abstract, and keywords. e abstracts of resulting articles were read, and articles were excluded if the central topic was not really related to PG research.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Derakhshan et al [21] developed a project governance model adopting a stakeholder approach. Whilst many research have been carried out, a universally recognized understanding of project governance concept is still lacking [22,23], and themes of project governance remain fragmented [22,24,25]. ere remains a paucity of evidence on a holistic analysis of project governance research.…”

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Visualizing the Knowledge Domain of Project Governance: A Scientometric Review

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Shan

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Advances in Civil Engineering

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Over the past two decades, project governance has attracted increasing attention from researchers and practitioners worldwide and has become an important research area of project management. However, an inclusive quantitative and systematic analysis of the state-of-the-art recently available research in this field is still missing. This study attempts to map the global research on project governance through a state-of-the-art review. A total of 285 bibliographic records were retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection database and analyzed by the visual analytic tool—CiteSpace. The results indicated that there has been an increasing research interest in project governance. The most productive and the most highly cited author in the area of project governance is Müller R., and most of the existing project governance research achievements are from Australia, China, USA, and Norway. By synthetically analyzing the keywords, future research might focus on governance of megaprojects and project success. Additionally, 9 knowledge domains of project governance were identified, including conceptual framework, public projects, governance structure, governance context, megaproject governance, contractual and relational governance, sustainability, portfolio governance, and project success. This study contributes to the body of knowledge by mapping the existing project governance research. It is particularly helpful to new and early-stage researchers who plan to do research on project governance, as it can provide them an overview of project governance research, including key authors, main institutions, hot topics, and knowledge domains. Moreover, the findings from the study are beneficial to industry practitioners as well, as they can help industry practitioners understand the latest development of governance theory and practice and thereby help them locate the best governance strategies for project management.

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Visualizing the Knowledge Domain of Project Governance: A Scientometric Review

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“…The relationship between the governance of project management (GoPM), corporate governance, and project governance Figure 1 shows Governance of project management (GoPM) as one dimension of project governance. GoPM can be described as focusing on areas related to project activities within corporate governance (ul Musawir, Abd-Karim, & Mohd-Danuri, 2020). Corporate governance is a set of relationships between a company's management, its board, its shareholders, and other stakeholders.…”

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confidence: 99%