Narratives of Project Risk Management

From Scientific Rationality to the Discursive Nature of Identity Work

Article Risk Management, PM in Academia 1 December 2022

Project Management Journal

Green, Stuart D. | Dikmen, Irem

How to cite this article:

Green, S. D. & Dikmen, I. (2022). Narratives of Project Risk Management: From Scientific Rationality to the Discursive Nature of Identity Work. Project Management Journal, 53, 608–624. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/87569728221124496
The dominant narrative of project risk management pays homage to scientific rationality while conceptualizing risk as objective fact.
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