Reconocimiento y desarrollo profesional: ¿es la diversidad una pieza faltante del rompecabezas?

Abstract

The constant changes and improvements in the modern world strive to improve society in all fields, including the project management field. The era of society projectification brought even more need for professional development, which started to be part of the research in different management fields such as project management, human resources, organizational science, etc. Globalization, information flow, interdisciplinarity, and present diversity bring a need in project management -to achieve excellence, but also to show outstanding individual and/or organizational results worldwide. Although there needs to be more scientific evidence of how these credentials impact the business and profession of project management, we witness the growing number of different recognition systems. Through qualitative and quantitative analyses of application for the global professional awards in the field of project management, the article aims to present how the project management profession values the awards from the perspective of different dimensions of diversity. The analysis is based on the applications for the IPMA Global Awards in the different categories using the case study research method. The findings will contribute to the existing literature in the project management field in all aspects of society and provide project professionals with guidelines for successful career evolution.