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Communication and Collaboration

Topic: Silence Fails: Five Crucial Conversations for Flawless Execution
Author: David Maxfield, VitalSmarts, The Concours Group

Information Technology 

Topic: The Project Managers Perspective on Project Management Software Packages
Author: Arden Lockwood, PMP, MBA, Université d’Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse

Topic: The Effect of the PMO on IT Project Management
Author: Yong W. Lee, Hawaii Pacific University

Topic: Transformational Leadership: A Prescription for IT Project Management Success
Author: Mitchell L. Valentine, Capital University, Dayton

Topic: Research on Software Project Management Ethics (Please e-mail research.program@pmi.org to view this report.)
Author: Jessica Leong, Ernst & Young, New Zealand

Topic: eBusiness Projects
Author: John Carroll, Carroll Consultants Project Management

Topic: The Impact of Offshore Outsourcing on Employee Motivation in the IT Field
Author: Sam Rashdan, University of Liverpool

Topic: Valuation Techniques Used in IT Projects
Author: Sorin Gudea, Claremont Graduate University

Topic: Increasing IT Project Success for Project Managers and Their Clients
Author: Alistair Taylor with CIO Canada

Leadership

Topic: Leadership Styles in Project Management: An Analysis
Author: Avis S. Davis, Brown and Caldwell

Topic: Motivation in Project Management: The Project Manager's Perspective
Author: Bernhard Schmid, MS, PMP, and Jonathan Adams, PhD, The Florida State University

Topic: Strategic Project Management Managers (XKB) (This survey will be available soon)
Author: Andy Rodriquez, Sr., PhD, PMP, Capella University

Topic: The CIO: Roles and Responsibilities (Not available)
Author: Marie Claude Meunier, CATAAlliance

Topic: Leadership Behavior Description
Author: Frank Harper, PhD, PMP, I&FS I.T. Project Manager-Contractor

Outsourcing

Topic: Management of IT Outsourcing Projects
Author: Narasimha Paravastu, Drexel University, LeBow College of Business

Topic: The Impact of Offshore Outsourcing on Employee Motivation in the IT Field
Author: Sam Rashdan, University of Liverpool

Project Management

Topic: Identifying Forces Driving PMO Changes
Author:  Monique Aubry, Brian Hobbs, Ralf Müller and Tomas Blomquist, University of Quebec in Montreal, Umeä School of Business, Umeä University

Topic: The Reality of Project Management Practice: Phase Two of an Ongoing Study
Author: Drs. Claude Besner, PMP, and Brian Hobbs, PMP, Master's Program in Project      Management, University of Quebec at Montreal

Topic: Project Management as a Construct
Author: Sheila M. Smith, PhD, PMP, Ball State University

Topic: The Merits of Using Project Management to Write a Master's Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Author: Wanda Curlee, PMP, DM, and Robert Lee Gordon, PhD, University of Phoenix

Topic: Distribution of Customized Project or System Requirements Specifications (SRS) to Different Project Stakeholders
Author: Wan M. Mok, University of South Africa

Topic: Organizational Practice and Perception of Informal Project Management
Author: Sourav Chaudhuri, New York University

Topic: Non-Technical Project Managers Managing Technical Projects
Author: Ronald G. Harlow, PMP, CLU, Western Carolina University

Topic: Enhancing Project Success
Author: Robert Benjamin, Doncaster Business School, in association with the University of Hull

Topic: Measuring the Value of Success in Project Management Organizations
Author: Robert Cook, PhD, Argosy University (as part of a dissertation)

Topic: Project Success in Relation with Organizational Roles and Capabilities and Project Manager's Skills and Capabilities
Author: Asan Sofian, University of Strathclyde

Topic: Integrating Project Management and Sustainable Development for Construction Projects
Author: Mohamed E. M. Eid, PhD, University of Edinburgh (from a doctoral thesis)

Topic: Assessment of Multi-Project Management (Not available)
Author: Ashish Gupta, Portland State University (capstone project)

Project Management Around the World

Topic: Understanding the Project Management Process in China
Author: Philip Emerson Dodyk, Indiana University

Topic: International Projects With and In Latin America or Cómo somos y cómo nos ven: Proyectos Internacionales en y con América Latina
Author: Marina D. Crosby, President, 2Americas Corp.

Topic: Commonalities and Differences in Project Management Around the World: A Survey of Project Management Categories and Life Cycles
Author: Russell Archibald, PMI Fellow, PMP, Archibald Associates, and Vladimir Voropaev, Dr.Sc., GASIS

Project Management Offices

Topic: Identifying Forces Driving PMO Changes 
Author: Monique Aubry, Brian Hobbs, Ralf Muller, Tomas Blomquist

Topic: The Reality of Project Management Offices (PMOs) 
Author: J. Brian Hobbs, PhD, University of Québec at Montréal 

Topic: The Effect of the PMO on IT Project Management
Author: Yong W. Lee, Hawaii Pacific University

Topic: The Impact of Implementing a Project Management Office (PMO)
Author: Michael Stanleigh, Business Improvement Architects

Virtual Project Management

Topic: An Investigation of the Role of Trust in Virtual Project Success
Author: Chanda K. Mumbi, Murdoch University

Topic: Efforts of the Web-based Virtual Environment on Construction Project Teams
Author: Pandit Karnasuta, PhD, University of Reading, England

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