HRM in project groups: The effect of project duration on team development effectiveness

Ofer Zwikael; Esther Unger-Aviram

doi:10.1016/j.ijproman.2009.09.005

HRM in project groups: The effect of project duration on team development effectiveness

Ofer Zwikael^*, Esther Unger-Aviram

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The literature has found contradictory results regarding the impact of human resource management on project success. This paper focuses on one important human resource management process - team development - to investigate its importance in the project environment. Results show that most team development practices that work well in the operational business environment do not have a significant influence on project success. However, project duration was found to moderate the relationship between team development and project success: the effectiveness of team development increases in longer projects. The paper identifies and analyzes team development practices that have a positive impact on project success exclusively in long projects.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	413-421
Number of pages	9
Journal	International Journal of Project Management
Volume	28
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2009.09.005
Publication status	Published - Jul 2010

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