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Great expectations and hard times: The paradoxical experience of the engineer as project manager (2011)
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Paton, S., Hodgson, D., Paton, P., & Cicmil, S. (2011). Great expectations and hard times: The paradoxical experience of the engineer as project manager. International Journal of Project Management, 29(4), 374-382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2011.01.005

While tensions between technical and management functions in organisations have long been recognised, very little research examines this relationship empirically in light of the emergence of project management as an (apparently) attractive career rou... Read More about Great expectations and hard times: The paradoxical experience of the engineer as project manager.