Project failure in project based organizations The case of Construction, Shipping, Offshore and IT companies
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2021-06-28
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Today’s project-based organizations mainly focus on executing projects to ensure organizational continuity. A large number of those projects fail partially or even completely. In order to obtain more insight into the antecedents (causes) of project failure and the meaning that people attribute to the situation/events and understand perspectives of those involved, qualitative research is required. For this qualitative research, interviews are required to obtain this knowledge. 16 cases have been interviewed across four sectors (construction, shipping, offshore and IT). The interviews form the multiple case study that in combination with the literature review form the complete research regarding project failure. The results of this research show various rational, behavioural (including escalation of commitment) and combinational (rational as well as behavioural) antecedents of project failure are mainly present in the four sectors. The results also present insights into the effects of project failure. Lastly, this study shows that escalation of commitment behaviour has various causes, effects and multiple methods/ways of preventing this behaviour. Therefore, this study contributes to the field of project failure (antecedents and effects of project failure) and the field of behavioural strategy (behavioural antecedents and escalation of commitment).
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen