Sub-theme 38: Temporary and Project-Based Organizing

Convenors:
Brian Hobbs, University of Quebec at Montréal, Canada
Karlos Artto, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland
Jonas Søderlund, BI Norwegian Business School, Norway
Session I: Thursday, July 04, 09:00 to 10:30, Decelles, 4th floor, Section Nord, Amos
Processes, Routines and Institutions
Chair: Tuomas Ahola
Joanna Karmowska, John Child and Philip James
A successful failure: The case of a temporary membership-based organization
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Johannes M. Lehner and Cäcilia Innreiter-Moser
Johannes M. Lehner and Cäcilia Innreiter-Moser
Collective bargaining as temporary organization: The case of the Austrian "Sozialpartnerschaft"
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Leonore van den Ende and Alfons van Marrewijk
Leonore van den Ende and Alfons van Marrewijk
Transition rituals in construction megaprojects
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Joanna Karmowska
Session II: Thursday, July 04, 11:00 to 12:30, Decelles, 4th floor, Section Nord, Amos
Careers and Learning
Chair: Brian Hobbs
Rik Ligthart, Niels Noorderhaven and Leon Oerlemans
Better understanding TO amnesia: A multi-process analysis of learning across temporary organizations
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Lynn Crawford and Beverley Lloyd-Walker
Lynn Crawford, Beverley Lloyd-Walker and Erica French
Career implications of multi-layered institutional settings
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Christophe Midler
Rémi Maniak and Christophe Midler
Concept driven projects
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Rik Ligthart
Session III: Thursday, July 04, 16:00 to 17:30, Decelles, 4th floor, Section Nord, Amos
Capabilities
Chair: Thomas Lechler
Stéphanie Missonier and Sabrina Loufrani-Fedida
Stakeholder analysis and engagement in IS projects: From stakeholder relational perspective to stakeholder relational and becoming ontology
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Serghei Floricel, Skander Ben Abdallah and Yvan Petit
Serghei Floricel, Skander Ben Abdallah and Yvan Petit
Dynamic capabilities through the real options lens: Substantive processes and meta-processes in project-based organizations
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Maria Kapsali
Maria Kapsali
Relational capabilities in projects
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Stéphanie Missonier and Sabrina Loufrani-Fedida
Session IV: Friday, July 05, 09:00 to 10:30, Decelles, 4th floor, Section Nord, Amos
Uncertainty
Chair: Yvan Petit
Roine Johansson
Uncertainty and temporal delimitation: The significance of temporary organization
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Geneviève Musca, Gilda Simoni and Sarah de Vogüé
Agnar Johansen and Jan Alexander Langlo
Effects of long-term improvement efforts within project uncertainty management
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Roine Johansson
Geneviève Musca, Caroline Mellet, Gilda Simoni, Frédérique Sitri and Sarah de Vogüé
"Drop your boat!" A discursive study of an episode of project renewal. The case of the Darwin mountaineering expedition in Patagonia
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Agnar Johansen and Jan Alexander Langlo
Session V: Friday, July 05, 14:00 to 15:30, Decelles, 4th floor, Section Nord, Amos
Managing Creativity
Chair: Lynn Crawford
Joris J. Ebbers and Nachoem Wijnberg
Stuck in the middle? How role conflict and ambiguity facilitates mediation across faultlines
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Barbara Edington and Thomas G. Lechler
Barbara Edington and Thomas Lechler
Managing creativity efficiently: What could classic project management learn from filmmaking?
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Esther Maier
Oana Branzei and Esther R. Maier
Manufacturing illusions: Balancing creativity and control in large-scale collaborative creativity
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Joris J. Ebbers
Session VI: Saturday, July 06, 09:00 to 10:30, Decelles, 4th floor, Section Nord, Amos
Typologies and Maturity Models
Chair: Christophe Midler
Christophe Bredillet, Stéphane Tywoniak and Caroline Hatcher
Prolegomenon to the study of the concept of organizational maturity and maturity model in the context of temporary and project-based organizing: From black horse to white knight?
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Tuomas Ahola
Tuomas Ahola
A typology of inter-firm project networks
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Simon Bourdeau
Simon Bourdeau
An information system project team governance typology
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Christophe Bredillet
Session VII: Saturday, July 06, 11:00 to 12:30, Decelles, 4th floor, Section Nord, Amos
Managing Research and Drawing on Sociological Theories
Chair: Jonas Söderlund
Serghei Floricel, Viviane Sergi, Claudine Bonneau and Monique Aubry
Extending project management research: Insights from social theories
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Nicolas Battard