A. Carlsen
We are projects: Narrative capital and meaning making in projects
Carlsen, A.; Pitsis, T.S.
Authors
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.
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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 |
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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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