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论文类型：期刊论文

发表时间：2018-10-01

发表刊物：INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT

收录刊物：SSCI

卷号：36

期号：7

页面范围：992-1006

ISSN号：0263-7863

关键字：Project leadership; Horizontal leadership; Vertical leadership; Empowerment; Project teams

摘要：Leadership in projects can shift between the project manager (a.k.a. vertical leadership) and one or more team members (a.k.a. horizontal leadership). Our study examines the processes, dimensions, and conditions for empowerment of project team members to temporarily assume leadership of project processes. Twenty interviews were conducted in 10 organizations in China. Results show that empowerment for horizontal leadership is a 3-stage process, wherein the project manager takes justification perception and demand factors as essential conditions for his/her empowerment orientation, which in turn frames the announcement, acceptance, control, autonomy and future of horizontal leaders. Four categories of horizontal leaders were revealed, namely Deputies, Future Stars, Bench Players and Oysters. Managerial and theoretical implications are discussed. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd, APM and IPMA. All rights reserved.