Cultural Imperatives in Perceptions of Project Success and Failure
Published on 1. June 2012
176 pages
978-1-935589-93-8 (ISBN)
Description
Global projects bring many advantages and challenges. Cultural Imperatives in Perceptions of Project Success and Failure is one of the few, if not the first, reports of research that examines the interaction of culture and views of project success in a comprehensive way. In this highly complex issue, the authors lay out their research and results in a logical, deliberate manner that does much to ease the way along the path to understanding. There is much to be learned by all in the study background and the data analysis itself.
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English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
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978-1-935589-93-8 (9781935589938)
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Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Chapter One: Introduction
- 1.1. Background
- 1.2. Development
- 1.3. The Study
- Chapter Two: Outline of the Research
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. Rationale
- 2.3. IS/IT and IS/IT-Enabled Change Projects
- 2.3.1. Focusing on IS/IT-Enabled Projects
- 2.3.2. Is the Study of Projects a Social Science?
- 2.3.3. The Nature of Projects
- 2.3.4. Managing Projects at a Time of Change
- 2.3.5. Project Success and Failure
- Chapter Three: Culture
- 3.1. Culture and the Challenge of Placement
- 3.2. The Culture-Free Thesis
- 3.3. what is Culture?
- 3.4. Cultural Theory
- 3.5. Culture in Contemporary Management
- 3.6. Culture and Diversity in Project Management
- 3.7. Cultural Imperatives in Project Management
- Chapter Four: Cognition, Perceptions and Culture
- 4.1. Social Cognition and Psychology
- 4.2. values
- Chapter Five: Research Method
- 5.1. Conceiving the Research Methodology
- 5.1.1. Language
- 5.1.2. Instrumentation
- 5.1.3. Administration
- 5.1.4. Response Equivalence
- 5.2. Developing the Data-Gathering Tool
- 5.4. The Pilot Study
- 5.5. Questionnaire Design
- Chapter Six: Survey Data Analysis and Results
- 6.1. Objective
- 6.2. The Survey Data and Relevant Factors
- 6.3. Data Analysis Techniques
- 6.3.1. Preliminary Data analysis
- 6.4. Results
- 6.4.1. Preliminary Data Analysis Results
- 6.4.2. Nationality and its Interaction with Culture
- 6.4.3. Age
- 6.4.4. Gender
- 6.4.5. Project Roles
- 6.5. Hypothesis 1: Interactions of Cultural Perspectives, Project Environments and Importance of Project/Success Failure Factors
- 6.5.1. SEM Model Fit
- 6.5.2. Impact of Cultural Factors on Project Environments and Importance of PSFFs
- 6.5.3. The Uni-dimensionality of the Assignation of Importance of PSFFs
- 6.6. Hypothesis 2: Exploring the Impact of Cultural Perspectives and Project Environments on Stages of the Project Cycle when Views of PSFFs are Formed and/or Revised
- 6.7. Hypothesis 3: Exploring Views on the Scale of Project Success or Failure
- 6.8. Summary of Data Analysis Results
- Chapter Seven: Conclusion
- References
- Appendix A: Secondary Interview Coding
- Appendix B: Initial Cultural Disposition Question
- Appendix C: The Revised Questionnaire
