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Relational Interaction Processes in Project Networks: The Consent and Negotiation Perspectives

Larson, Mia LU and Wikström, Ewa (2007) In Scandinavian Journal of Management 23(3). p.327-352
Abstract
This article seeks to describe and understand relational interaction processes in project networks, and suggests that there is a connection between the characteristics of a project network and the type of interactions within it. We suggest that time, legitimacy and power structure determine the type of interaction processes that occur. Four case studies of service-producing project networks show that relational interaction processes tend to change over time – shifting between the dimensions of consent and negotiation. Project networks seeking to acquire legitimacy are characterised by consent-based interaction processes such as mapping by rhetoric and maintaining an element of vagueness. Even legitimate project networks are, on the other... (More)
This article seeks to describe and understand relational interaction processes in project networks, and suggests that there is a connection between the characteristics of a project network and the type of interactions within it. We suggest that time, legitimacy and power structure determine the type of interaction processes that occur. Four case studies of service-producing project networks show that relational interaction processes tend to change over time – shifting between the dimensions of consent and negotiation. Project networks seeking to acquire legitimacy are characterised by consent-based interaction processes such as mapping by rhetoric and maintaining an element of vagueness. Even legitimate project networks are, on the other hand, characterised by negotiation-based interaction processes such as meetings between the representatives of different interests. Thus, actors in different types of project network adopt different interaction strategies in managing project networks with a view to creating legitimacy or mutual commitment. (Less)
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Commitment-building., Negotiation, Productive and Reproductive Interaction, Project network, Consent, Legitimacy-building
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Scandinavian Journal of Management
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23
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3
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327 - 352
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Elsevier
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0956-5221
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10.1016/j.scaman.2007.06.001
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English
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  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{327--352}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Scandinavian Journal of Management}},
  title        = {{Relational Interaction Processes in Project Networks: The Consent and Negotiation Perspectives}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scaman.2007.06.001}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.scaman.2007.06.001}},
  volume       = {{23}},
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