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We are projects: Narrative capital and meaning making in projects

Carlsen, A.; Pitsis, T.S.

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Authors

A. Carlsen

T.S. Pitsis



Abstract

Research on projects has to a limited degree taken issue with how projects are chief producers of meaning at work. We develop the concept of narrative capital as a basic mechanism for how people can engender meaning in and through projects in organizations. Narrative capital is derived from experiences that people appropriate into their individual and collective life stories, retrospectively, as adding to a repertoire of accumulated learning and mastering, and prospectively, in terms of living with purpose and hope. We chart implications for meaning making in projects as expanding ownership, expanding connections of impact, and extending narrative possibility.

Citation

Carlsen, A., & Pitsis, T. (2020). We are projects: Narrative capital and meaning making in projects. Project Management Journal, 51(4), 357-366. https://doi.org/10.1177/8756972820929479

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Feb 27, 2020
Online Publication Date Jun 16, 2020
Publication Date Aug 1, 2020
Deposit Date Mar 13, 2020
Publicly Available Date Apr 16, 2020
Journal Project Management Journal
Print ISSN 8756-9728
Electronic ISSN 1938-9507
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 51
Issue 4
Pages 357-366
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/8756972820929479
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1268205

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Carlsen, A. & Pitsis, T. S. (2020). We are projects: Narrative capital and meaning making in projects. Project Management Journal 51(4): 357-366. Copyright © 2020 The Author(s) DOI: 10.1177/8756972820929479





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