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Article Talent Management, Leadership, Construction 1 February 2016

Project Management Journal

Upper echelons and executive profiles in the construction value chain

By Abatecola, Gianpaolo | Cristofaro, Matteo Which executive profiles currently govern the construction value chain? Addressing this lively research question is the key point of our article and it appears central to scholars, practitioners,…

Conference Paper Leadership, Construction 12 October 2010

The essential role of leadership in managing mega projects

By Hamdy, Khaled Managing a mega project requires a particular set of skills and an extraordinary ability to lead. This paper examines howthe leader behind the recent realization of the Dubai Metro--a…

Article Leadership, Construction September 2010

Project Management Journal

Attitude-based strategic negotiation for conflict management in construction projects

By Yousef, Saied | Hipel, Keith W. | Hegazy, Tarek An innovative negotiation methodology for managing conflicts in construction projects is presented in this article where multiple decision makers are involved. The proposed negotiation methodology…

Conference Paper Ethics, Leadership, Construction 19 July 2006

Research on ethics in construction

By Moylan, William A. Numerous recent studies have looked at the impact of using a values-based approach when managing construction projects and leading construction project teams. This paper builds on the author's…

Conference Paper Decision Making, Leadership, Construction 2006

The use of EVA--earned value analysis in the cost management of construction projects

By Valle, Jose Angelo | Soares, Carlos Alberto Pereira Earned value analysis (EVA) provides project managers with a technique for determining a project's real gains and losses, for controlling project and cost performance, for making important project…

Article Leadership, Construction September 2004

Project Management Journal

The impact of owner representatives in a design-build construction environment

By Petersen, Denis R. | Murphree, E. Lile. This research asserts that owner representatives have a positive impact on balancing project constraints such as time, cost, quality, and scope in a design-build construction environment. It further…

Article Leadership, Construction 28 December 1995

Project Management Journal

Critical success factors of the construction management service in the dual-role contract

By Paek, Joon Hong Increasingly, the general contracting construction industry is seeing more dual-role contracts in which the general contractor acts both as construction manager and general contractor. This article…

Article Strategy, Leadership, Construction 28 April 1988

Project Management Journal

Application of the PM model to constructed projects in developing areas

By Bastani, Harry Much of the more than (US)$40 billion annually distributed to developing countries for development initiatives finances projects that unnecessarily fail, projects that fail because of one of three…

Article Quality Management, Leadership, Construction December 1983

Project Management Quarterly

Motivating Construction Productivity

By Laufer, Alexander | Jenkins, G. Douglas Over the past decade, construction productivity has steadily declined. During that time, studies have cited construction labor efficiency as very poor. This article examines how construction…

Article Teams, Leadership, Construction December 1979

Project Management Quarterly

Motivating people to perform on design and construction projects

By Caspe, Marc S. Getting the most out of a project team involves motivating them in a way that maximizes their project performance. This article examines how project managers can use the management by objective…