TY - JOUR
T1 - Dancing in the white spaces
T2 - Exploring gendered assumptions in successful project managers' discourse about their work
AU - Thomas, Janice Lynne
AU - Buckle-Henning, Pamela
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding support for this project came from the Organizational Behaviour Research Grant Program of the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary. Participating researchers included members of the University of Calgary’s Management and Engineering faculties, its Project Management Specialization, and Athabasca University’s Centre for Innovative Management.
PY - 2007/10
Y1 - 2007/10
N2 - By design, bodies of knowledge capture and influence best working practices. Gendered assumptions based on masculine cognitive styles are predominant in the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) [PMI. Project Management Body of Knowledge. Project Management Institute 1996]. This study investigates the assumptions and cognitive styles embedded in successful project managers' discussions of their working practices. Both male and female project managers exhibit sophisticated skill in balancing masculine and feminine cognitive styles and attribute their success to "dancing in the white spaces" between the lines laid out by the PMBOK. This raises important questions about the role of the PMBOK in training and certifying project managers.
AB - By design, bodies of knowledge capture and influence best working practices. Gendered assumptions based on masculine cognitive styles are predominant in the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) [PMI. Project Management Body of Knowledge. Project Management Institute 1996]. This study investigates the assumptions and cognitive styles embedded in successful project managers' discussions of their working practices. Both male and female project managers exhibit sophisticated skill in balancing masculine and feminine cognitive styles and attribute their success to "dancing in the white spaces" between the lines laid out by the PMBOK. This raises important questions about the role of the PMBOK in training and certifying project managers.
KW - Cognitive styles
KW - Discourse
KW - Gender
KW - Project management
KW - Project manager skills
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijproman.2007.05.001
DO - 10.1016/j.ijproman.2007.05.001
M3 - Journal Article
AN - SCOPUS:34447576882
SN - 0263-7863
VL - 25
SP - 552
EP - 559
JO - International Journal of Project Management
JF - International Journal of Project Management
IS - 6
ER -